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Swift  of  foot  was  Hiawatha" 


THE  HIAWATHA  PRIMER 


BY 


FLORENCE   HOLBROOK 

Principal  of  Forestville  School 
Chicago 


BOSTON    AND   NFW   YORK 

HOUGHTON   MIFFLIN  COMPANY 

(Cbe  ftilierjjibe  $u$4  Cambribjje 


The  script  in  this  book  is  mainly  taken  from  the 
Natural  System  of  Vertical  Penmanship,  copy- 
righted and  published  by  D.  C.  Heath  and  Company 
and  is  here  used  with  their  special  permission. 


Copyright,  1898, 
By  HOUGHTON,  MIFFLIN   &  CO 

All  rights  reserved,. 


Met  up  and  electrotypcd,  1801 

Reset  and  electrotyped,  190U 

405th  Thousaud 


TO 

THE  MANY   CHILDREN 

WHO    HAVE   YET   TO   UNLOCK 

[OUSE  OF  THE  WORLD'S  GREAT  ] 

THIS   BOOK   IS   DEDICATED    BY   THE  AUTHOR 

IN  THE  HOPE  THAT  IT  MAY  SERVE  THEM 

AS  ONE  OF  MANY  KEYB 


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CONSECUTIVE  LINES  FROM  THE  SONG  OF  HIAWATHA 

PART  III,  HIAWATHA'S  CHILDHOOD,  WHICH  FORM 

THE  BASIS  OF  THIS  PRIMER 

PAOK 

Lines  64  to  73 14 

Lines  74  to  85  .  .    . 28 

Lines  86  to  97  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .40 

Lines  98  to  116 52 

Lines  117  to  126 *  .   .   .   .64 

Lines  127  to  135 74 

Lines  136  to  143 80 

Lines  144  to  150 88 

Lines  151  to  158 96 

Lines  159  to  172 102 

Lines  173  to  192 108 

Lines  193  to  209 114 

Lines  210  to  222 120 

Lines  223  to  235 .  126 


FULL-PAGE  ILLUSTRATIONS 

"  Swift  of  foot  was  Hiawatha  "       .        .        Frontispiece 

"By  the  shores  of  Gitche  Gumee"       .        .         .  facing  14 

"Showed  the  Death-Dance  of  the  spirits"   ...  40 

"Saw  the  rainbow  in  the  heaven"      ....  74 

"  That  is  but  the  owl  and  owlet  " 80 

"  Learned  of  every  bird  its  language  "...  88 
"  Learned  their  names  and  all  their  secrets  "    .        .96 

"  go,  my  son,  into  the  forest  "              .        .        .        .  102 

"Forth  into  the  forest  straightway"   ....  108 

"There  he  waited  till  the  deer  came"      .        .        .  114 

Indian  Implements 120 

"All  the  guests  praised  Hiawatha"           ,        ,        f  126 


Hiauxlha, 


mauxJtka  uxUb  cm  cjiuLianri  wni 
TlcrKicrrnjLb  uxl6  ruLb  ^a/acWotKii^. 

Hiawatha  was  an  Indian  boy. 
Nokomis  was  his  grandmother. 


•    * 


HI 


riokmruJb 


Hiawatha  lived  with  Nokomis. 
Nokomis  lived  in  a  wigwam. 

mxiuralha  uxLb  aa  SrnAlarri  Wi. 
TiokjjTriLb  uxl6  nib  ^a/ruWotW. 
mauxlha  IWcl  uruk  TlakomiJb. 


Jk  m 


um>iua/yn.  • 


Hiawatha  lived  in  a  wigwam. 
The  wigwam  stood  by  the  water. 
It  stood  by  the  Big-Sea-Water. 


Tlxrkomii)  £iWL  i/rt  a  uui-CU>a/rTL. 


!4ljCLUniU^ 


Hiawatha  lived  with  Nokomis. 
Nokomis  lived  in  a  wigwam. 
The  wigwam  stood  by  the  water. 
It  stood  by  the  Big-Sea- Water. 
Hiawatha  was  an  Indian  boy. 
Nokomis  was  his  grandmother. 


risb  |jLO-ojwi,-ljuaL^t 


The  wigwam  stood  by  the  shore 
of  Gitche  Gumee. 

Before  it  beat  the  bright  water. 

The  water  was  Gitche  Gumee,  the 
Big-Sea-Water. 

The  water  beat  upon  the  shore. 


Hiawatha  lived  in  a  wigwam. 
It  was  the  wigwam  of  Nokomis. 
The  wigwam  stood  by  the  shore. 
Before  it  was  the  Big-Sea-Water. 
Bright  before  it  beat  the  water. 
The  water  beat  upon  the  shore. 
The  Big-Sea- Water  was  bright. 


T \\JU  OTLOUKimV  CD   TbuOTflib 


The  wigwam  of  Nokomis  stood  by 

the  shore  of  Gitche  Gumee. 
It  stood  by  the  Big-Sea-Water. 
Dark  behind  it  rose  the  forest. 
Bright  before  it  beat  the  water. 
The  water  was  bright  and  sunny. 
The  water  was  clear  and  shining. 


I  k^"nr\ii^L  Jur^ib  MrujnAy  it. 


Hiawatha  was  a  little  Indian, 
His  grandmother  was  an  Indian. 
Hiawatha    and   his    grandmother 

lived  in  a  wigwam. 
It  stood  by  the  shining  water. 
The  water  was  clear  and  sunny. 


2i^^v^i 


pLmjL-uiJUJb   a/ruL  ~~\Kb 

A  forest  rose  behind  the  wigwam. 
The  forest  was  dark  and  gloomy. 
Pine-trees  were  in  the  forest. 
It  was  black  with  pine-trees. 
Dark  firs  were  in  the  forest. 
The  firs  rose  black  and  gloomy. 
Gloomy  and  dark  was  the  forest. 


10 


hllL    COTULb 


kiL  — lAJb  ruLcL  coTui)  upcm^uwrrL. 


Hiawatha  andNokomis  lived  in  a 
wigwam. 

Before  it  beat  the  clear  water. 

Behind  it  rose  the  dark  forest. 

The  forest  was  black  with  firs. 

In  it  were  gloomy  pine-trees. 

The  firs  had  cones  upon  them. 


11 

■» 

A  little  boy  lived  in  a  wigwam 
The  little  boy  was  Hiawatha. 
Hiawatha  had  a  grandmother. 
His  grandmother  was  Nokomis. 
Nokomis  lived  with  Hiawatha. 
Hiawatha    and   his    grandmother 

were  Indians. 
The  wigwam  of  Nokomis  was  an 

Indian  wigwam. 
It  stood  by  the  gloomy  forest. 
Pine-trees    and   firs  were   in  the 

forest. 
The  firs  had  cones  upon  them. 
The  dark  pine-trees  were  gloomy. 


12 


St  AtorrcL  utitruL  Au/rviu|  uxaeA. 
J^l  JruljLam-  IWj  lukxL  i/tl  it. 
Tkk<3rixiuMi,IW|  urcU)  WiauratricL 
Bjl^oAjl  it  o^al  truL  UHitsA. 
Bxkiyrut  it  htfm  trut  Wit. 

I  njL  Aiiavrai  u>titi>LUrcLb .  WxvkL 
Jt  to-cub  trut  lou^-OjLa-UUatA/. 

I  Iul  cLa^k-Vuiit  urab  cmWttuj. 
Jt  ukl6  tlcu^k  untk  p  imjL-t/UKLb. 

T  [Ah  UXAJL  WTL  trU.  -"TAiL^t. 
LLpOTL  tkiLTlAb  LLHAJL,  COTUlb. 


13 


By  the  shores  of  Gitche  Gumee 

stood  the  wigwam  of  Nokomis. 
The  little  Hiawatha  lived  in  the 

wigwam  with  Nokomis. 
Nokomis  was  his  grandmother. 
Before  the  wigwam  was  the  clear 

and  shining  Big-Sea-Water. 
The  water  was  bright  and  sunny. 
The  shining  water  beat  upon  the 

shore  before  the  wigwam. 
Before  the  wigwam  was  the  water. 
Bright  before  it  beat  the  clear  and 

sunny  water. 


14 


X)  Y  the  shores  of  Gitche  Gumee, 

By  the  shining  Big-Sea-Water, 

Stood  the  wigwam  of  Nokomis. 

Dark  behind  it  rose  the  forest, 

Eose  the  black  and  gloomy  pine- 
trees, 

Eose    the    firs    with    cones    upon 
them; 

Bright  before  it  beat  the  water, 

Beat  the  clear  and  sunny  water, 

Beat  the  shining  Big-Sea-Water. 


z\ 


15 


Nokomis  was  old  and  wrinkled. 
She  nursed  the  little  Hiawatha. 
Hiawatha  had  a  little  cradle. 
It  was  a  little  Indian  cradle. 
His  cradle  was  in  the  wigwam. 
Old  Nokomis  rocked  him  there. 
She  rocked  him  in  his  cradle. 


16 

Hiawatha  was  nursed  by  Nokomis. 
She  nursed  him  and  rocked  him. 
Hiawatha  had  an  Indian  cradle. 
It  was  made  of  the  linden-tree. 
It  was  a  little  linden  cradle. 
The  cradle  was  in  the  wigwam. 
There  Nokomis  rocked  Hiawatha. 


Tlo4<jonrTuJb 

ruuiAMa 
HiqjuixJW 


17 


XhSLSU 


Nokomis  made  Hiawatha's  cradle. 

She  made  it  of  the  linden-tree. 

She  bedded  it  with  soft  moss. 

There  were  rushes  in  the  cradle. 

The  moss  and  rushes  were  soft. 

His  linden  cradle  was  made  soft 
with  moss  and  rushes. 


18 

The  cradle  was  made  by  Nokomis. 
Of  the  linden-tree  she  made  it. 
The  cradle  was  bedded  soft. 
Nokomis  bedded  it  with  moss  and 

rushes. 
The  cradle  was  safely  bound. 
Nokomis  bound  it  with  sinews  of 

the  reindeer. 


\\bASUWOMA; 


19 


It  was  dark  in  the  wigwam. 
Hiawatha  was  in  his  cradle. 
The  little  boy  was  fretful. 
His  grandmother  nursed  him. 
She    stilled   his    fretful   wail   by 
saying,  "Hush!" 

Wuuiral^  LLroi)  i/rt  nxJb  cAxlcUuu 


20 


//i  H    ;  \£2i 


**UiiJm%tos 


hsu 


IulKjul  Ioj^xiA/ 


Hiawatha  rocked  in  his  cradle. 
He  was   in  the  wigwam  of   his 

grandmother. 
It  was  dark  and  he  was  fretful. 
Nokomis  stilled  his  fretful  wail. 
She  rocked  his  cradle,  saying, 
"  Hush !  the  Bear  will  hear  thee ! 
Hush !  the  Naked  Bear  will  hear 

thee ! " 


21 

Old  Nokomis  was  in  the  wigwam. 
She  was  singing  of  the  forest. 
She  said  the  bear  lived  there. 
She  called  him  the  Naked  Bear. 
The  little  Hiawatha  was  fretful. 
She  lulled  him  into  slumber. 
"  Hush ! "  said  Nokomis,  "  the  Bear 
will  hear  thee ! " 


+++ 


TU<Jcn7Ui>  utfai>  oicL.  Sru,  uhl6 
oi/L  cutlcL  u)\imJdsjcL.  Skj^TuiAMa 

uru3ura/m,.  Nokomib  Ttijouasb  ut.  Sk& 
macLii<^IWifl/n/.    Jtuua&tluL, 

Tlakomib  WLguloL  u^urtUxA^LiW) 
a/ruL  rncrW).  Jt  uxxh  wu/na  unlk 
/ulI/tuIma,  iu/rujurt. 

ru  u^WtkliLcL  olcLTlakoTTuJb 
i  HiaujatkcL.  ShiLOJilaJ^ 
nXo  Atu/rrtlW. 


23 

» 

Hiawatha  and  old  Nokomis 
lived  upon  the  shores  of  Gitche 
Gumee,  the  Big-Sea-Water. 

Behind  them  rose  the  forest. 
It  rose  black  and  gloomy  behind 
the  wigwam  of  Nokomis. 

Pine-trees,  lindens  and  firs 
were  in  the  forest.  There  were 
cones  upon  the  firs. 

Nokomis  said  the  Naked  Bear 
lived  in  the  dark  forest.  The 
reindeer  lived  there. 

Hiawatha's  cradle  was  safely 
bound  with  reindeer  sinews. 


24 


The  owlet  lived  in  the  trees. 
Hiawatha  lived  in  the  wigwam. 
Nokomis  lulled  him  into  slumber. 
"Hush!"  she  said,  "my  Hiawatha! 
Hush !  the  Bear  will  hear  thee ! v' 
She  called  him  a  little  owlet. 
She  stilled  his  wail  by  singing, 
"Ewa-yea!  my  little  owlet!" 

£u>CL-uxa!   7TUJ  [}SlsL  (rtJuWU 


25 


Kjl  aural  rucLcL  oAsuaL  jLUJLb. 
majuraD^  jujjLb  ukAl  Mlc4\l. 
TlcrkorruLb  qxjMslA.  kim  a/n  ovjuL. 
LUrio  licnl^lruL  uuicuranri  uutth  ruA 


The  little  owlet  had  great  eyes 
that  were  bright  and  shining. 

Hiawatha  had  shining  eyes. 

Nokomis  said  he  was  an  owlet. 

"  This  is  my  little  owlet,"  said  she, 
"that  lights  the  wigwam 
with  his  great  eyes." 

"  Hush !  my  owlet ! "  said  Nokomis. 


UUko  IukjAu  i/n,  ma  ultL^ikviu? 
Hiawatha    and    old    Nokomis 
lived  there. 

UJnjo  mflajL  mjonxiti^  OiaAh  ? 
Nokomis  made  it.    She  rocked 
the  little  Indian  boy  in  it. 

Hiawatha  was  fretful.  It  was 
dark  in  the  wigwam.  The  forest 
behind  it  was  gloomy. 

HJko  ^xtLlLbci/  HirujLXilJajaLb .  ultcllL? 
Nokomis  stilled  it.     She  said, 
"  Hush !  the  Bear  will  hear  thee ! 
He  is  in  the  forest." 


27 


Who  is  this  little  boy  ?  This 
is  Hiawatha.  The  wrinkled  old 
Nokomis  is  his  grandmother. 

That  is  an  Indian  cradle.  It 
is  bedded  with  moss  and  safely 
bound  with  reindeer  sinews. 

Who  is  singing?  Nokomis  is 
singing  in  the  wigwam.  Hiawatha 
was  fretful  and  she  lulled  him 
into  slumber. 

The  little  Hiawatha  is  in  his 
cradle.  Old  Nokomis  is  singing, 
"  Ewa-yea !  my  little  owlet ! " 

The  Big-Sea-Water  is  singing 
before  the  wigwam.  The  water 
is  saying,  "  Hush !  little  boy ! " 


28 


fTIHERE  the  wrinkled  old  Nokomis 

Nursed  the  little  Hiawatha, 
Rocked  him  in  his  linden  cradle, 
Bedded  soft  in  moss  and  rushes, 
Safely  bound  with  reindeer  sinews ; 
Stilled  his  fretful  wail  by  saying, 
"  Hush  !  the  Naked  Bear  will  hear  thee  ! ' 
Lulled  him  into  slumber,  singing, 

"  Ewa-yea  !  my  little  owlet ! 
Who  is  this,  that  lights  the  wigwam  ? 
With  his  great  eyes  lights  the  wigwam  ? 

Ewa-yea  !  my  little  owlet !  " 


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THE   OWLET  SONG 


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owl  -    et!  Who    is       this     that   lights   the 


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wig-wam  ?  E  -  wa-yea !  my    lit  -  tie  owl  -  «t ! 


30 


TKjl  JbJuaAJb  ukA£  Mu/rwnj^. 


Nokomis  taught  the  little  Hiawatha. 

She  taught  him  many  things. 

She  showed  him  the  Big-Sea-Water  and  the 

forest. 
She  showed  him  the  stars  in  heaven. 
The  stars  shine  bright  and  clear. 
The  bright  stars  shine  in  the  heavens. 
Nokomis  taught  Hiawatha  many  things  of 

the  stars  that  shine  in  heaven. 


31 
Nokomis  showed  Hiawatha  a  comet. 
She  called  the  comet  Ishkoodah. 
She  showed  him  Ishkoodah  in  the  heavens. 
Ishkoodah,  the  comet,  was  bright. 
The  tresses  of  the  comet  were  fiery. 
Nokomis  showed  Hiawatha  many  things. 
She  showed  him  the  comet  and  the  stars. 
Hiawatha  saw  the  comet  and  the  stars  in 
the  heavens. 


JivkkoxxJLcik  kocL  "~u/tu  UuMJUb 


32 

Nokomis  showed  Hiawatha  many  things 
in  the  heavens.  She  showed  him  the  stars. 
There  were  many  stars  in  heaven. 

The  little  boy  saw  the  bright  comet  in 
the  heavens.  He  called  it  Ishkoodah.  He 
saw  the  fiery  light  of  Ishkoodah. 

Hiawatha  was  taught  by  Nokomis  that 
Ishkoodah  had  fiery  tresses.  He  saw  the 
tresses  of  Ishkoodah  in  the  heavens. 

Hiawatha  saw  many  things  in  the  forest. 
Nokomis  showed  him  the  pine-trees  and  the 
firs.     He  saw  cones  upon  the  firs. 

Hiawatha  saw  the  owlet.  Old  Nokomis 
showed  it  to  him.     It  lived  in  the  forest. 

Nokomis  said  that  the  Naked  Bear  lived 
in  the  gloomy  forest. 

Bal^4xL  Mnhh  tidal  uu  maxwrib. 
Iol  cottuL  Lb  immt  a/riA""uAu 


33 

In  winter,  Nokomis  showed  Hiawatha 
the  shining  heavens.  The  winter  nights 
were  clear  and  frosty. 

Nokomis  showed  him  the  Northern 
Lights.  The  Northern  Lights  are  bright  in 
winter.     They  shine  in  the  heavens. 

The  stars  shine  bright  in  the  frosty 
winter  nights.  Hiawatha  said,  "  The  stars 
shine  bright,  Nokomis.  See  the  Northern 
Lights !  They  are  shining  in  the  northern 
heavens." 


34 

The  stars  are  far  away  in  the  heavens. 
Hiawatha  sees  them.  They  are  bright  and 
shining. 

Hiawatha  hears  the  owlet  far  away  in 
the  pine-trees.  He  sees  the  dark  firs  in 
the  forest.  The  forest  is  dark ;  the  stars 
are  bright. 

The  stars  shine  upon  the  Big-Sea-Water. 
Hiawatha  sees  them  in  the  water.  He  hears 
the  water  beat  upon  the  shore. 

Far  away  to  northward  shine  the  fiery 
Northern  Lights.  Hiawatha  sees  them  far 
to  northward,  flaring  in  the  heavens. 

Ishkoqdah  is  in  the  heavens.  Hiawatha 
sees  the  fiery  tresses  of  Ishkoodah. 

Kicamxtka  JbuJb  t\vu  Jt&nAh. 

I   kit  hhxAh    OkLTWh    OUUKUJ. 


35 


SixALojtv 


Nokomis  taught  Hiawatha  of  the  Indian 
warriors.    She  showed  him  their  plumes. 

Hiawatha  saw  the  Indian  warriors  with 
their  plumes  and  war-clubs.  He  saw  them 
dance  the  Death-Dance. 

In  winter,  Hiawatha  saw  the  Northern 
Lights.  Nokomis  called  them  the  spirits 
of  Indian  warriors. 

"  The  spirits  of  the  warriors  dance  the 
Death-Dance,,,  said  Nokomis.  "  The  flaring 
lights  are  their  plumes  and  war-clubs/' 


36 


In  the  frosty  winter  nights,  Hiawatha 
saw  many  things  in  the  heavens.  He  saw 
the  bright  stars.  He  saw  the  comet  with 
fiery  tresses,  and  the  Northern  Lights. 

The  Northern  Lights  were  bright.  Hia- 
watha saw  them  flaring  far  to  northward. 
Nokomis  called  them  the  Death-Dance  of 
the  spirits.  She  said  that  the  flaring  lights 
were  their  plumes  and  war-clubs. 

"  See  the  lights  in  the  heavens ! "  said 
Nokomis.  "  They  are  the  spirits  of  Indian 
warriors.  The  spirits  dance  the  Death- 
Dance.    See  their  plumes  and  war-clubs ! " 


klb  Lb  qai  JruLia/rt  u^a^-cluix 


37 

Nokomis  taught  Hiawatha.  She  showed 
him  many  things  in  the  heavens.  He  saw 
the  comet  and  the  fiery  Northern  Lights. 

Nokomis  showed  Hiawatha  a  broad  road 
in  the  heavens.     It  was  white  with  stars. 

There  was  a  broad  white  road  running 
straight  across  the  heavens. 


The  stars  made  a  pathway  across  the 
heavens.  This  road  was  broad  and  white. 
Nokomis  called  it  the  spirit  pathway. 

Nokomis  called  the  road  of  stars  the 
pathway  of  the  ghosts,  the  shadows.  She 
said  it  was  crowded  with  the  shadows,  or 
ghosts,  of  Indian  warriors. 

"  See  the  white  road  running  straight 
across  the  heavens  !  "  said  Nokomis.  "  It 
is  crowded  with  ghosts,  or  shadows." 


Hiawatha  stood  with  Nokomis  before  the 
wigwam.  It  was  a  frosty  winter  night  and 
the  heavens  were  clear. 

Nokomis  showed  Hiawatha  many  bright 
stars  and  a  fiery  comet.  She  showed  him 
a  broad  road  running  straight  across  the 
heavens.    The  road  was  white  with  stars. 

Far  away  to  northward,  the  Northern 
Lights  were  flaring.  Nokomis  showed  them 
to  Hiawatha.  He  saw  the  flaring  Northern 
Lights  dance  across  the  heavens. 

"  The  Northern  Lights  are  the  spirits 
of  Indian  warriors,"  said  Nokomis.  "  They 
dance  in  the  winter  heavens.  The  flaring 
lights  are  their  plumes  and  war-clubs." 

Nokomis  called  the  road  of  stars  the 
pathway  of  shadows.  She  said  it  was  their 
pathway  into  heaven.  She  taught  Hiawatha 
that  it  was  crowded  with  ghosts. 


39 


It  is  winter.  The 
night  is  clear  and 
frosty.  Hiawatha  is 
running  by  the  Big- 
Sea-Water. 

The      stars      are 
bright.    They  shine 
upon      the      water. 
Hiawatha   sees   them    shining    in    the    far 
away  heavens. 

Ishkoodah,  the  comet,  is  bright.  His 
fiery  tresses  shine  in  the  clear  heavens. 
Hiawatha  sees  the  fiery  comet. 

Running  straight  across  the  heavens  is 
a  broad  white  road.  Many,  many  stars  are 
in  this  white  road.     Hiawatha  sees  them. 

Far  away  to  northward,  Hiawatha  sees 
the  fiery  Northern  Lights.  Their  flaring 
lights  dance  in  the  northern  heavens. 


40 


1%/TANY  things  Nokomis  taught  him 

Of  the  stars  that  shine  in  heaven : 
Showed  him  Ishkoodah,  the  comet, 
Ishkoodah,  with  fiery  tresses; 
Showed  the  Death-Dance  of  the  spirits, 
Warriors  with  their  plumes  and  war-clubs< 
Flaring  far  away  to  northward 
In  the  frosty  nights  of  Winter ; 
Showed  the  broad  white  road  in  heaven, 
Pathway  of  the  ghosts,  the  shadows, 
Running  straight  across  the  heavens, 
Crowded  with  the  ghosts,  the  shadows. 


41 


Nil)  VwjruiMiQAjxsX  uxU>  uuila  ru/iu. 
cKkkotrdjak  uKLb  tvatnjL  ruajiK/rib. 

I  nx  ulkJujA  ttulojl  AcrX  nroUbAX^ 
cTL  UKLb  iu/ruM/aoto  thx  Atio-'ijl, 

I  KiLU  ukasl  Aunijci/ri&to  Winjuuauuu 


42 

Nokomis  sat  at  the  door  of  her  wigwam. 

v  ■  ..        ■   ■ 

She  had  the  ;little  Hiawatha  with  her. 

They  saw  the  stars  shining  in  heaven. 

The  stars  were  shining  upon  the  water. 

Ishk^odah  was  shining  in  the  heavens. 


Nokomis  and  Hiawatha  saw  the  dark  forest. 
They  saw  the  shadows  of  the  dark  firs. 
They  heard  the  pine-trees  whispering. 
"  Minne-wawa!  "  said  the  pine-trees. 
Hiawatha  heard  the  sounds  of  music. 
He  heard  the  whispering  of  the  trees. 


The  Big-Sea-Water  beat  upon  the  shore. 
Hiawatha  heard  the  lapping  of  the  water. 
"  Mudway-aushka  !  "  said  the  shining  water. 
Hiawatha  heard  the  words  of  wonder. 
He  heard  the  lapping  of  the  water  and  the 
whispering  of  the  pine-trees. 


43 


Rmmii-uxLura!'  ixuucL  1m  umJb. 


At  the  door  on  summer  evenings  sat  the 
little  Hiawatha.     Nokomis  was  with  him. 

Hiawatha  heard  sounds  of  music  in  the 
forest.  The  pine-trees  were  whispering. 
"  Minne-wawa  !  "  said  the  trees. 

Hiawatha  saw  the  Big-Sea-Water  shining 
in  the  starlight.  He  heard  the  lapping  of 
the  water  on  the  shore.  "  Mudway-aushka ! " 
said  the  water.  The  words  were  words  of 
wonder  to  Hiawatha. 


44 


Hiawatha  loved  his  grandmother.  On 
summer  evenings  they  sat  at  the  door  of 
her  wigwam,     Nokomis  taught  him. 

The  little  boy  saw  lights  shining  in 
the  summer  heavens.  He  said,  "  What  are 
the  bright  lights,  grandmother  P  "  "  They 
are  the  stars,"  said  Nokomis.  "  See  the 
starlight  dance  upon  the  water !  " 

"  I  see  a  broad  road  in  the  heavens," 
said  Hiawatha.  "  What  is  that,  Nokomis  ?  " 
"  It  is  the  pathway  of  the  shadows,"  said 
Nokomis.  "  It  is  white  with  the  shadows, 
or  ghosts,  of  Indian  warriors." 

" 1  hear  sounds  of  music,  grandmother." 
"  The  trees  are  whispering,"  said  Nokomis. 
"  They  are  saying,  ■  Minne-wawa  ! '  " 

"  Hear  the  lapping  of  the  water !  "  said 
Nokomis.  "  It  is  singing,  *  Mudway-aushka  ! 
Mudway-aushka ! ' " 


45 

Hiawatha  saw  the  fire-fly.  He  saw  it 
at  night.  It  was  in  the  dark  forest.  He 
called  it  Wah-wah-taysee. 

Hiawatha  saw  the  fire-fly  in  the  dusk 
of  evening.  It  was  flitting  through  the 
trees.  Nokomis  called  it  the  star  of  the 
forest. 

In  the  forest  were  brakes  and  bushes. 
The  little  fire-fly  was  flitting  through  the 
brakes  and  bushes. 


DAjokLb  ULKA&  l/TL  tkfl,  foA&&t. 


46 

Hiawatha  saw  Wah-wah-taysee  flitting 
through  the  dusk  of  evening.  He  saw  the 
twinkle  of  its  little  candle. 

"  I  see  the  little  fire-fly,  Nokomis,,, 
said  Hiawatha.  "  I  see  it  flitting  through 
the  forest.  It  is  lighting  up  the  brakes 
and  bushes  with  its  little  candle." 

"  The  fire-fly  lights  the  dark  forest,,, 
said  Nokomis.     "  It  is  a  little  star." 


Hiawatha  sang  to  the  fire-fly.  He  sang 
the  song  of  children.  Nokomis  taught  him 
the  fire-fly  song  of  the  children. 

Hiawatha  loved  the  little,  white-fire 
creature.  He  loved  to  see  the  twinkle  of 
its  candle  through  the  dusk. 

He  saw  the  little  creature  lighting  up 
the  bushes  with  its  white-fire  candle. 


47 

It  was  a  summer  evening.  The  old 
Nokomis  sat  at  the  door  of  her  wigwam. 
Hiawatha  was  with  her. 

Nokomis  and  Hiawatha  loved  the 
summer  evenings.  They  loved  to  hear  the 
lapping  of  the  water.  They  loved  the 
music  of  the  whispering  pine-trees. 

The  pine-trees  and  the  water  sang  to  the 
little  Indian  boy.  "  Minne-wawa  !  "  sang 
the  pine-trees.  "  Mudway-aushka  !  "  sang 
the  water.  The  words  were  words  of  wonder. 

The  little  boy  saw  a  light  twinkle  in 
the  forest.  It  was  the  white-fire  candle  of 
Wah-wah-taysee.  The  little  creature  was 
flitting  through  the  forest.  It  was  lighting 
up  the  brakes  and  bushes. 

!4iaju^aJtluL  Em>e^uU/ yiM-'Uj. 
o3t  uirab  a  umjuMaKL  c^juxLjJvl. 


48 


o4  oxxmAho 
ruLb  Ub  a  ca/nxuiL 


\vl  jW-~tu  kacL  a  cxvrmhu. 


The  starlight  was  Hiawatha's  candle. 
On  summer  evenings,  Nokomis  made  his 
bed  at  the  dodr  of  the  wigwam. 

The  little  boy  lay  on  his  soft  bed  of 
moss.  He  heard  the  lapping  of  the  water 
and  the  whispering  of  the  pine-trees. 

"  Hush  !  "  said  old  Nokomis.     "  I  hear 
the   trees   whispering   to    the    stars.     The 
fire-fly  is  lighting  its  white-fire  candle." 
Hiawatha  sang  to  the  fire-fly  : 
"  Light  me  with  your  little  candle, 
Ere  in  sleep  I  close  my  eyelids." 


49 


The  fire-fly  is  a  little  insect.  The 
Indians  called  it  Wah-wah-taysee.  In  the 
evening  dusk  it  lights  its  little  candle. 

Hiawatha  loved  the  flitting,  white-fire 
insect.  He  saw  it  dancing  through  brakes 
and  bushes.  He  saw  its  white-fire  candle 
twinkle  through  the  dusk. 

The  Indian  children  sang  to  the  fire-fly. 
Nokomis  taught  the  song  to  Hiawatha. 
She  called  it  the  fire-fly  song. 

Hiawatha  sang  to  the  little,  flitting, 
dancing,  white-fire  insect. 


50 

It  was  dark  in  the  wigwam.  The 
little  Hiawatha  sat  at  the  door.  He  saw 
the  starlight  dancing  on  the  Big-Sea-Water. 
The  fire-fly  was  flitting  through  the  trees. 

The  waters  and  the  pine-trees  sang  to 
the  little  boy.  "  Mudway-aushka !  "  sang  the 
water.  "  Minne-wawa! "  sang  the  pine-trees. 
The  sounds  were  sounds  of  music  and  the 
words  were  words  of  wonder.  He  loved  the 
whispering  trees  and  the  singing  waters. 

The  fire-fly  was  lighting  up  the  dark 
forest  with  its  little  candle.  "  Light  me 
with  your  little  candle,  ere  upon  my  bed 
I  lay  me,"  sang  Hiawatha.  He  loved  to 
see  the  little,  white-fire  creature. 

"  I  wonder  what  your  candle  is !  "  said 
Hiawatha  to  the  little  insect.  "  Is  it  the 
star  of  the  forest  ?  " 


51 

Hiawatha  lay  upon  his  little  bed.  The 
starlight  was  shining  upon  him.  He  said 
to  his  grandmother  : 

"  I  see  the  bright  stars,  Nokomis.  They 
twinkle  in  the  heavens.  Are  the  stars  the 
candles  of  the  heavens  ?  " 

"  The  stars  are  your  candles,"  said  his 
grandmother.  "  They  are  shining  upon  your 
little  bed.  Close  your  eyelids  and  sleep, 
my  little  owlet." 

"  I  see  the  fire-fly,  grandmother.  Its 
candle  twinkles  through  the  dusk.  See  it 
dancing  through  the  brakes  and  bushes  !  " 

"  Your  bright  eyes  are  my  fire-flies," 
said  Nokomis.  "  They  twinkle  in  the  dusk. 
Close  your  eyelids  and  sleep,  my  owlet." 

Nokomis  sang  to  the  little  boy.  She 
lulled  him  into  slumber  by  singing.  She 
sang  the  song  of  the  fire-fly. 


52 


A   T  the  door  on  summer  evenings 
Sat  the  little  Hiawatha; 
Heard  the  whispering  of  the  pine-trees, 
Heard  the  lapping  of  the  waters, 
Sounds  of  music,  words  of  wonder ; 
"  Minne-wawa  !  "  said  the  pine-trees, 
"  Mudway-aushka  !  "  said  the  water. 
Saw  the  fire-fly,  Wah-wah-taysee, 
Flitting  through  the  dusk  of  evening, 
With  the  twinkle  of  its  candle 
Lighting  up  the  brakes  and  bushes, 
And  he  sang  the  song  of  children, 
Sang  the  song  Nokomis  taught  him : 
"  Wah-wah-taysee,  little  fire-fly, 
Little,  flitting,  white-fire  insect, 
Little,  dancing,  white-fire  creature, 
Light  me  with  your  little  candle, 
Ere  upon  my  bed  I  lay  me, 
Ere  in  sleep  I  close  my  eyelids !  " 


58 


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Ere      in   sleep       I       close    my    eye  -  lids ! 


54 

On  summer  evenings  Hiawatha  sat  at 
the  door  of  the  wigwam.  He  saw  the 
moon  rise  from  the  water.  The  moonlight 
made  a  path  on  the  water. 

The  moon  and  stars  were  shining  on  the 
water.  The  rippling  water  was  dancing  in 
the  moonlight. 

The  moonlight  made  a  shining  pathway 
across  the  rippling  water. 


"ID  Lot  Lb  1Jo£it,Tlj^omU)? 

The  great,  round  moon  was  shining 
upon  the  Big-Sea-Water. 

Hiawatha  saw  the  round,  shining  moon. 
He  whispered,  "  What  is  that,  Nokomis  ?  " 

Old  Nokomis  was  very  good  to  the  little 
boy.  She  answered  his  question,  and  said, 
"  That  is  the  moon,  my  little  owlet/' 


55 


IwiuraiW  Agulu  uvl  Ao^Lna  ttuctotl 
TRcroril^cnt  Lb  [KAu  wxjjjIL/axL. 

It  was  a  beautiful  summer  night.  The 
heavens  were  bright  and  clear.  The  moon 
rose  rippling  from  the  water. 

The  little  Hiawatha  saw  the  moon  rise. 
It  rose  rippling,  rounding  from  the  Big- 
Sea-Water.  The  ripples  on  the  water  were 
bright  and  shining  in  the  moonlight. 

The  moonlight  and  starlight  are  very 
beautiful. 


56 


The  good  Nokomis  showed  Hiawatha 
many  things.  Once,  they  sat  before  their 
wigwam  in  the  dusk  of  the  evening. 

It  was  a  beautiful  summer  night.  The 
fire-flies  were  flitting  through  the  forest. 
Hiawatha  saw  the  little,  white-fire  candles 
twinkling  in  the  bushes. 

The  far  away  stars  were  twinkling  in 
the  heavens.  They  made  a  broad,  shining 
road  across  the  heavens. 

The  moon  was  rising  from  the  rippling 
water.  The  moonlight  made  a  broad,  white 
path  across  the  water. 

Hiawatha  saw  the  stars  and  the  fire- 
flies. He  saw  the  bright,  round  moon  and 
whispered,  "  What  is  that,  Nokomis  ?  " 

The  good  Nokomis  answered,  "  That 
is  the  beautiful,  round  moon.  See  it  rise 
rippling,  rounding  from  the  water  I " 


57 


SjatkiL""uu^rCfc)  curia bknjojju^ 
tru  tj^cW^  AjjvjtuL  mmrrLl 


The  moon  has  flecks  and  shadows  on  it. 
Hiawatha  saw  the  flecks  and  shadows. 

The  light  from  the  rising  moon  is  very 
bright.  Hiawatha  saw  a  bright  pathway  on 
the  Big-Sea-Water.  The  moon  was  shining 
across  the  ripples  on  the  water. 

"See,  grandmother,' '  said  Hiawatha, 
"  how  bright  the  moonlight  is !  The  ripples 
on  the  water  are  dancing  in  the  moonlight." 


58 


Hiawatha  saw  flecks 
of  shadow  on  the 
moon.  Nokomis  told 
him  that  they  were 
the  body  of  an  old 
woman. 

She  said,  "  There  is  an  old  woman  in  the 
moon.  This  old  woman  was  the  grand- 
mother of  an  Indian  warrior.  The  flecks 
and  shadows  are  her  body." 

The  little  boy  asked  many  questions. 
Nokomis  answered  his  questions.  She  told 
him  about  the  stars.  She  told  him  about 
the  moon  and  the  fiery  comet. 

Nokomis  taught  him  the  cradle  song  and 
the  song  of  the  fire-fly.  She  taught  him 
the  Indian  story  of  the  Northern  Lights 
and  the  story  about  the  moon. 

lAtl  ota  uromAM,  Lb  i/atkjLmom. 


59 


Hiawatha  saw  the  shining  moon.  There 
were  flecks  and  shadows  on  it.  He  asked 
Nokomis  what  the  flecks  and  shadows  were. 

Nokomis  told  him  an  Indian  story  about 
the  moon.  This  is  the  story  that  Nokomis 
told  him : 

"  Once  an  Indian  warrior  was  very  angry. 
He  seized  his  old  grandmother  and  threw 
her  up  into  the  sky. 

"  It  was  midnight  and  the  moon  was  in 
the  sky.  The  angry  warrior  threw  his  old 
grandmother  right  against  the  moon.  'T  is 
her  body  that  you  see  there." 

Hiawatha  loved  to  hear  this 
story  of  the  moon.    "  I  see 
the  woman  in  the   moon,   ^^ 
Nokomis,"  said  he. 
"  I  see  her  body  on   ^ 


the  bright  moon." 


60 

In  the  frosty  winter  nights,  Hiawatha 
lay  on  his  bed  of  moss.  Nokomis  told  him 
stories  about  the  heavens. 

"  The  broad  road  of  stars  is  the  pathway 
of  the  Indian  shadows,"  said  Nokomis. 
"It  is  crowded  with  the  ghosts  of  Indians 
running  across  the  sky. 

"  In  the  northern  heavens,  the  spirits 
of  Indian  warriors  dance  the  Death-Dance. 
The  flaring  lights  that  you  see  there  are 
their  plumes  and  war-clubs." 

Hiawatha  loved  to  hear  the  stories  of 
old  Nokomis.     They  lulled  him  to  sleep. 


TTL, 


Hiauraika  JbaL  attkc  dmrV 
IxippJli/rttj'  uttUAAb  bairn  to  Ki/nru 
Pinru-t/uuib  urlxLbm\(La  to  rd/rrb. 
I4t  Aau>  ma/ru|  fhcaut|uitkim£5, 


61 

Juiilhb  IlcW>  ukAh  uin/ri^ 
I  rxsin  uKAL~Va-"iu  exurwhib. 
StaAi)  a/acL  mxraix  aM  iJawxun^. 
TWIWva  Xiohl)  uyVw"loJwrLQ. 

Nokomis  was  very  good  to  Hiawatha.  She 
answered  the  questions  that  he  asked  her. 

"  How  bright  the  night  is  !  "  said  Hiawa- 
tha. "  What  is  that  fiery  light,  Nokomis  ?  " 
"  That  is  Ishkoodah,  the  comet,"  said  she. 

"  What  is  the  fire-fly,  grandmother  ?  " 
"  It  is  a  little,  white-fire  insect,"  said 
Nokomis.  "  It  has  a  little  candle  that  it 
lights  at  dusk." 

"  What  is  the  water  singing,  Nokomis  ?  " 
"  It  is  saying, '  Mudway-aushka ! ' "  said  she. 
"  It  is  singing  a  cradle  song  to  you." 

"  I  will  sing  you  a  cradle  song,"  said 
Nokomis.     "  Close  your  eyelids  and  sleep." 


62 

«. 

Hiawatha  loved  to  hear  the  stories 
Nokomis  told  him.  He  asked  her  many 
questions  about  the  moon  and  stars. 

"What  are  the  flecks  and  shadows  upon 
the  moon,  grandmother  ?  How  dark  they 
are  !    What  is  the  story  about  the  moon  ?  " 

"  Hush !  little  boy,  and  hear  the  story 
of  the  angry  warrior.  Once,  on  a  winter 
night,  an  Indian  warrior  was  very  angry. 
He  seized  his  grandmother  and  threw  her 
up  into  the  sky. 

"  It  was  midnight.  The  round  moon  wae 
shining  in  the  winter  sky.  He  threw  her 
right  against  the  moon.  The  shadows  that 
you  see  are  the  body  of  this  old  woman." 

"  I  see  an  old  woman  in  the  moon,"  said 
Hiawatha,  "  and  she  sees  me.  See  her  eyes 
shining  upon  me  !  The  moon  is  lighting  up 
the  wigwam.    Good-night,  beautiful  moon  ! " 


63 


The  moon  rose  rippling,  rounding  from 
the  Big-Sea-Water.  It  made  a  bright  path 
across  the  dancing  ripples. 

The  stars  were  twinkling  in  the  clear 
sky.  The  fiery  comet  was  shining.  In  the 
northern  heavens  were  flaring  lights. 

Fire-flies  were  flitting  through  the 
forest.  They  were  lighting  up  the  brakes 
and  bushes  with  their  white-fire  candles. 

The  rippling  waters  beat  against  the 
shore.  They  sang  to  the  moonlight.  They 
sang  to  the  stars  of  the  summer  night. 

The  pine-trees  whispered  to  the  water. 
The  firs  stood  black  and  straight.  They 
threw  dark  shadows  on  the  wigwam. 

In  the  wigwam,  it  was  dark.  Hiawatha 
lay  in  his  bed.  The  music  of  the  waters 
had  lulled  him  to  sleep. 

Nokomis  was  singing  the  cradle  song. 


64 


Ol  AW  the  moon  rise  from  the  water 

Rippling,  rounding  from  the  water, 
Saw  the  flecks  and  shadows  on  it, 
Whispered,  "What  is  that,  Nokomis?" 
And  the  good  Nokomis  answered : 

"  Once  a  warrior,  very  angry, 
Seized  his  grandmother,  and  threw  her 
Up  into  the  sky  at  midnight; 
Right  against  the  moon  he  threw  her ; 
Tis  her  body  that  you  see  there." 


65 


THE  CRADLE   SONG.* 


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1.  Stars         of       the        sum  -  mer  night! 

2.  Moon         of       the        sum  -  mer  night! 


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Far         down      yon       west     -    ern  steeps, 


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Sink,      sink       in        sil     -    ver  light!  He 


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*  Adapted  from  "Stars  of  the  Summer  Night,"  p.  101  Riverside 
Song  Book. 


66 


3  Ma  a  WluIAiI/  AnmlWuH 

Hiawatha  saw  the  rainbow.  It  was 
very  beautiful. 

He  saw  the  rainbow  in  the  eastern  sky. 
The  sun  was  shining  in  the  western  sky. 

Hiawatha  had  not  seen  the  rainboAv 
before.   "  What  is  that  ?  "  he  asked  Nokomis. 

The  good  Nokomis  answered,  "  That  is 
a  rainbow.     See  how  beautiful  it  is !  " 

She  told  him  an  Indian  story  about  the 
rainbow. 


67 


Hiawatha  stood  at  the  door  of  the 
wigwam.     It  had  been  raining. 

The  eastern  sky  was  dark.  All  at  once 
he  saw  a  beautiful  rainbow  shining  there. 
It  had  many  bright  colors  in  it. 

One  foot  of  the  rainbow  was  on  the 
Big-Sea-Water.    One  foot  was  in  the  forest. 

The  bright  colors  of  the  rainbow  were 
very  beautiful  against  the  dark  sky. 


This  is  the  story  of  the  rainbow  that 
Nokomis  told  Hiawatha  : 

"  The  flowers  of  the  forest  and  shore 
are  very  beautiful.  They  are  of  many  col- 
ors. When  they  fade  on  earth  they  do  not 
perish.  They  blossom  in  the  rainbow.  The 
rainbow  is  the  heaven  of  flowers/ ' 

There  are  many  beautiful  stories  about 
the  rainbow. 


68 


Hiawatha  asked  many  questions  about 
the  rainbow.  Nokomis  answered  his  ques- 
tions and  told  him  many  things  about  it. 

"  The  rainbow  is  made  by  the  sun  shin- 
ing on  the  rain,,,  said  Nokomis.  "  You  will 
see  it  when  it  has  been  raining. 

"  When  the  sun  is  in  the  western  sky 
the  rainbow  is  in  the  eastern  sky.  When 
the  sun  is  in  the  eastern  sky  the  rainbow 
is  in  the  western  sky.  When  you  see  the 
rainbow  the  sun  is  behind  you. 

"  The  rainbow  is  the  heaven  of  flowers. 
When  they  fade  and  perish  on  earth  they 
blossom  in  the  rainbow.  All  their  beauti- 
ful colors  are  there." 

Hiawatha  loved  the  beautiful  rainbow. 
He  loved  to  hear  stories  about  it. 

VunxKAb  hw^borci  unlki  Aai/nJW. 


69 


There  were  many  beautiful  flowers  in 
the  forest  and  on  the  shores  of  Gitche 
Gumee.     They  were  of  many  colors. 

One  summer  day,  Hiawatha  had  been 
in  the  forest.  "  See  my  wild  -  flowers, 
Nokomis ! "  said  he.  "  See  their  bright 
colors  !    Are  they  not  beautiful  ?  " 

"  The  wild-flowers  are  very  beautiful, 
my  Hiawatha,"  answered  Nokomis.  "  The 
pine-trees  are  black  and  gloomy,  but  the 
flowers  are  bright  and  beautiful." 

Hiawatha  loved 
all  the  wild-flowers 
of  the  forest  and 
the  shore. 


tiL&y 


70 

Nokomis  taught  Hiawatha  the  colors  of 
the  wild-flowers  and  the  rainbow. 

When  they  saw  the  rainbow,  she  showed 
him  the  beautiful  colors  in  it  and  taught 
him  what  they  were. 

"  See  the  rainbow,  Hiawatha  !  "  she  said. 
"  When  the  flowers  fade  on  the  earth  they 
blossom  in  that  bow  above  us." 


"  The  rainbow  is  far  above  us,"  Nokomis 
said.  "  The  sun,  moon,  and  stars  are  all  in 
the  sky  above  us. 

"  The  sun  shines  by  day.  The  moon  and 
the  stars  shine  at  night.  The  rainbow  is 
seen  when  the  sun  shines  on  the  rain. 

"  The  earth  and  sky  are  very  beautiful 
by  day  and  by  night." 

£oa1Jx  ojvucL  Aku  aAfi,  IWuIi,taI 


71 


Many  wild-flowers  blossom  in  the  for- 
est.    The  lilies  blossom  on  the  prairie. 

One  day,  Hiawatha  had  been  through  the 
forest  with  Nokomis.  He  saw  the  prairie 
and  the  lilies  that  blossom  upon  it. 

"  How  beautiful  the  lilies  are ! "  said 
Hiawatha.  "  Do  they  fade  and  perish  in 
winter,  grandmother  ?  " 

"  They   fade    on    earth," 
said  old  Nokomis,  "  but 
they  blossom  in  heaven. 
You    can  see  them    in 
the  rainbow." 

"  I  love  the  flowers, 
dear  grandmother," 
said  Hiawatha.  "  I  love 
the  lilies  and  the  beau- 
tiful rainbow  that  blos- 
soms in  the  heavens." 


72 


When  do  the  flowers  blossom  ?  The 
wild-flowers  of  the  forest  and  the  lilies  of 
the  prairie  blossom  in  summer. 

Do  the  wild-flowers  of  the  forest  and 
the  lilies  of  the  prairie  fade?  They  fade 
on  earth,  but  they  blossom  in  heaven. 

Can  you  see  the  flowers  in  the  sky  ?  I 
can  see  all  their  colors  in  the  rainbow. 

When  do  you  see  the  rainbow  ?  When 
the  sun  shines  upon  the  rain,  I  see  the 
rainbow  against  the  dark  sky. 

Do  you  love  the  flowers  and  the  rain- 
bow ?  All  children  love  the  rainbow.  They 
love  to  see  the  beautiful  colors  in  it. 

What  flowers  are  seen  in  the  rainbow  ? 
"All  the  lilies  of  the  prairie, 
All  the  wild-flowers  of  the  forest, 
When  on  earth  they  fade  and  perish, 
Blossom  in  that  heaven  above  us." 


73 


Hiawatha  loved  the  wild-flowers  of  the 
forest  and  the  lilies  of  the  prairie.  He 
loved  the  rippling  water  and  the  whisper- 
ing trees.  He  loved  the  twinkling  stars, 
the  shining  sun  and  the  bright  moon. 

He  said,  "  Dear  grandmother,  the  earth 
is  beautiful.  I  love  it.  I  love  the  rain- 
bow. It  has  one  foot  on  the  water  and  one 
on  the  earth.  Its  bow  is  far  above  us  in 
the  sky.  I  can  see  all  the  colors  of  the 
wild-flowers  in  its  beautiful  bow. 

"  I  can  hear  the  pine-trees  whispering 
in  the  forest.  Are  they  whispering  to  the 
flowers,  grandmother?  Do  the  trees  love 
the  little  flowers?  I  love  the  trees  and 
the  flowers. 

"  I  love  the  sun,  the  moon,  the  comet, 
the  stars,  the  water,  the  trees,  and  the 
flowers.     They  are  all  very  beautiful." 


74 


QAW  the  rainbow  in  the  heaven, 

In  the  eastern  sky,  the  rainbow, 
Whispered,  "  What  is  that,  Nokomis  ? " 
And  the  good  Nokomis  answered  : 
"  T  is  the  heaven  of  flowers  you  see  there ; 
All  the  wild-flowers  of  the  forest, 
All  the  lilies  of  the  prairie, 
When  on  earth  they  fade  and  perish, 
Blossom  in  that  heaven  above  us." 


75 


The  little  Hiawatha  was  in  the  wigwam. 
He  had  been  asleep.  It  was  midnight  and 
the  wigwam  was  very  dark. 

All  at  once,  he  heard  sounds  from  the 
forest.  "  What  is  that,  Nokomis  ?  "  he  cried 
in  terror.    "  Is  it  the  Naked  Bear  ?  " 

"  Hush,  little  boy  !  "  said  Nokomis.  "  It 
is  but  the  owl  and  owlet.  Thev  are  hoot- 
ing  and  laughing  in  the  forest. 

"  They  are  not  hooting  at  us,"  said  old 
Nokomis.    "  Close  your  eyes  and  sleep." 

She  told  him  stories  of  the  owls.  She 
sang  the  song  of  the  owlet  to  him. 


76 
THE  OWL   AND   THE   OWLET. 

Nokomis  told  Hiawatha  about  the  owls : 

"  The  owls  live  in  the  dark  and  gloomy 
forest.  They  live  in  the  pine-trees  and 
firs.     They  love  the  dark  forest. 

"  The  owls  do  not  sleep  at  night.  They 
sleep  when  the  sun  is  shining.  They  can 
not  see  by  day  when  the  sun  is  bright. 

"  Owls  have  great  eyes.  Their  eyes  are 
bright.  They  can  see  at  night  when  it  is 
very  dark.     They  love  the  dark  night. 

"  The  owlet  is  a  little  owl.  It  lives 
with  the  old  owl  in  the  forest.  You  can 
hear  them  talking  with  each  other  in  the 
trees  at  night. 

"  The  hooting  of  the  owl  and  owlet  is 
their  native  language.  They  are  talking 
to  each  other  in  their  native  language. 

"  The  old  owl  is  scolding  at  the  owlet 
and  the  owlet  is  laughing  at  the  moon.,, 

Owtb  Iaik,  i/rtXhJL  cLaAk  "TrU&t. 
Kc  criufjit  Lb  a  biihu  ovjL. 


77 


The  owls  were 

talking    io    each 

other.  They  were 

talking    in    their 

native      language 

and    laughing    at 

each  other. 

Hiawatha  heard  the  hooting  of  the  owls 

and  he  was  afraid.     "What  is  that?"  he 

cried  in  terror. 

Nokomis  laughed  and  said,  "  That  is  but 
the  owl  and  owlet  in  the  pine-trees.  They 
are  talking  to  each  other  in  their  native 
language.  The  old  owl  is  scolding  and  the 
owlet  is  laughing  at  the  moon." 

"  Is  not  the  little  owlet  afraid  of  the 
dark  night,  grandmother  ?  "  asked  Hiawatha. 
"The  owlet  is  with  the  old  owl,"  said  No- 
komis. "  They  love  the  dark  night.  Do  you 
not  hear  them  scolding  at  the  moon  ?  " 

"Are  the  owls  talking  to  me,  Nokomis  ?  " 
"  They  are  not  talking  to  you,  little  boye 
They  are  scolding  at  each  other." 


78 
NOKOMIS   AND   HIAWATHA. 

The .  little  Hiawatha  was  very  dear  to 
his  old  grandmother.  She  told  him  stories 
and  sang  to  him.  She  called  him  her  fire- 
fly, her  star,  and  her  little  warrior. 

On  bright  summer  nights,  they  stood  at 
the  door  of  the  wigwam  and  she  showed  him 
the  wonders  of  the  heavens.  When  they  saw 
the  round  moon  rising  from  the  water,  she 
told  him  the  story  of  the  Indian  warrior 
who  threw  his  grandmother  up  to  the  moon. 

When  the  nights  were  dark,  they  sat  in 
the  wigwam  talking  to  each  other.  Nokomis 
told  stories  about  the  bear  and  the  owls. 
The  little  boy  loved  to  hear  the  stories 
and  he  asked  many  questions. 

When  he  heard  the  owls  hooting  at  mid- 
night, Hiawatha  cried.  Nokomis  laughed  at 
his  terror  and  told  him  not  to  be  afraid. 
She  said  the  owls  were  talking  and  laugh- 
ing in  their  native  language. 


79 
HIAWATHA  IN   THE  FOREST. 

Hiawatha  had  been  in  the  forest  behind 
the  wigwam.  He  had  been  to  see  the  wild- 
flowers.  He  called  them  his  little  earth- 
stars. 

He  saw  many  things  in  the  forest.  Dark 
forest  trees  rose  all  about  him.  The  firs 
were  black  and  gloomy,  but  the  pine-trees 
whispered  to  each  other.  He  heard  their 
soft  music  above  him. 

The  sun  was  shining  through  the  trees. 
It  made  little  flecks  of  light  and  shadow 
in  the  forest.  The  great  trees  threw  dark 
shadows  on  the  earth. 

At  the  foot  of  a  fir-tree  he  saw  a  bed 
of  soft  moss.  It  was  very  beautiful.  All 
about  it  were  flowers  of  many  colors. 

Far  above  him  in  a  great  pine-tree  he 
saw  the  owl  and  owlet.  He  was  not  afraid 
of  them.    They  were  asleep. 

In  the  dusk  of  the  evening,  Nokomis 
called  him  to  the  wigwam.  He  told  her  all 
about  the  things  he  had  seen  in  the  forest* 


80 


^ITTHEN  he  heard  the  owls  at  midnight, 

Hooting,  laughing  in  the  forest, 
"  What  is  that  ?  "  he  cried  in  terror, 
"  What  is  that,"  he  said,  "  Nokomis  ?  " 
And  the  good  Nokomis  answered : 
"  That  is  but  the  owl  and  owlet, 
Talking  in  their  native  language, 
Talking,  scolding  at  each  other,," 


That  is  but  the  owl  and  owlet " 


81 

THE  BIRDS. 

One  summer  day  the 
sun   was   shining.     Hia- 
watha walked   into   the 
forest.     There    he     saw 
the  little  birds.     He  saw 
them  flying  from  tree  to 
tree. 
The  little  birds  of  the  forest  were  of 
many  colors.    They  were  very  beautiful  as 
they  flew  from  tree  to  tree.     They  were 
as  bright  and  beautiful  as  flowers. 

The  old  birds  taught  their  little  ones 
how  to  fly.  They  were  flying  through  the 
trees  and  singing  to  each  other.  Hiawatha 
heard  them  talking  to  each  other  in  their 
native  language. 

That  night  Hiawa- 
tha told  Nokomis  all 
about  the  birds  he  had 
seen  in  the  forest. 


3  tcruetkit  W^bb. 


82 


HIAWATHA   AND  THE   BIRDS. 


Hiawatha  watched  the  birds  all  summer. 
He  loved  the  little  creatures.  He  watched 
them  flying  through  the  trees. 

He  learned  the  language  of  the  birds. 
Then  he  talked  with  them  and  learned  all 
their  secrets.  He  was  good  to  the  little 
creatures  and  they  learned  to  love  him. 

The  little  birds  talked  with  Hiawatha. 
They  loved  him.  They  flew  about  him  as 
he  sat  and  watched  them.  They  told  him 
their  secrets. 

The  birds  showed  Hiawatha  their  nests. 
He  learned  where  they  built  their  nests. 


rut  (rUuib  iruull  IruuA,  ncAtb. 


83 
THE  NESTS. 

Hiawatha  learned  the  names  of  all  the 
birds.  He  called  them  by  their  names  when 
he  met  them  in  the  forest.  He  learned  the 
language  of  every  bird  and  talked  with  it 
whenever  he  met  it. 

The  birds  showed  HiaAvatha  their  nests. 
They  built  their  nests  upon  the  earth  and 
in  the  trees  and  bushes.  Hiawatha  learned 
where  they  were.    The  birds  told  him. 

He  watched  the  birds  as  they  built  the 
nests.  They  built  them  of  twigs,  moss  and 
soft  earth.  The  nests  were  round.  Hiawatha 
called  them  the  wigwams  of  the  birds. 

The  little  birds  hid  their  nests  from 
the  owls,  but  they  showed  them  to  the  little 
boy.  They  were  afraid  of  the  owls,  but 
they  loved  Hiawatha. 

The  birds  told  Hiawatha  the  secrets  of 
their  nests.    They  taught  him  many  things. 

13  lAjdjb  oAjl  i/n,  ike,  tUl  uuiA 

UO    UaU   hSLSL    CL  TliLbl  ikftAJL? 


84 
THE  BIRD   SONGS. 

The  birds  sang  to 
the  little  Hiawatha. 
Whenever  he  walked 
in  the  forest,  they  flew 
about  him  singing.  He 
called   them  by  their 

names  and  they  sang  their  beautiful  songs 
to  him.  They  loved  the  little  Indian  boy. 
"  Where  are  you,  little  birds  ?  "  called 
Hiawatha  as  he  came  into  the  forest.  The 
birds  all  came  flying  about  him.  "  Sing  to 
me,  dear  little  birds,"  said  he,  and  they 
sang  their  beautiful  songs  to  him. 

They  sang  of  the  trees  and  the  flowers 
and  the  bright  sun.     They  sang  the  secrets 

of  the  forest  to  him. 
They  taught  him 
where  they  hid  their 
nests  in  summer. 

"  Little  boy,  do  you 
see  a  nest  hid  in  the 
tree  ?  "  sang  the  birds. 


85 
THE  MORNING. 

Hiawatha  had  been  asleep  in  the  wig- 
wam all  through  the  dark  night.  The 
birds  had  been  asleep  in  the  dark  forest. 

When  the  light  of  morning  came  through 
the  door  of  the  wigwam,  Hiawatha  awoke. 
He  watched  the  little  stars  fade  one  by  one. 
He  saw  the  beautiful  morning  light  in  the 
eastern  sky.    It  was  of  many  colors. 

All  at  once,  he  saw  a  bright  light  on 
the  dark  forest  trees.  It  made  them  very 
beautiful.  Then  he  saw  the  sun  rise  from 
the  Big-Sea-Water.  Its  fiery  light  made  a 
path  across  the  shining  ripples. 

The  bright  sun  awoke  the  little  birds. 
Hiawatha  heard  them  singing  to  each  other 
in  the  forest.  They  sang  of  the  beautiful 
morning  and  the  bright  sun.  They  sang  the 
music  of  the  forest. 

The  sun  awoke  the  little  flowers.  They 
had  been  asleep  through  the  night,  but  the 
bright  sun  awoke  them.  They  showed  their 
beautiful  blossoms  to  the  shining  sun. 


86 


HIAWATHA'S  CHICKENS. 

Hiawatha  loved  all  the  birds.  He  loved 
their  singing  and  their  beautiful  colors. 
He  called  them  "  Hiawatha's  Chickens." 

"  How  are  my  little  chickens  ?  "  he  asked 
whenever  he  came  into  the  forest.  Then  he 
talked  with  them  and  they  taught  him  all 
their  secrets.  He  learned  how  they  built 
their  nests  in  summer  and  where  they  hid 
themselves  in  winter. 

"  Hiawatha's  Chickens  "  were  not  afraid 
of  him.  They  knew  that  he  loved  them  and 
they  were  not  afraid.  Whenever  he  called 
them,  they  came  flying  about  him. 

"  Hiawatha's  Chickens "  sang  to  him. 
He  knew  all  their  songs  and  loved  them. 


87 
THE  LITTLE  BIKDS  AND   THE  OWLS. 

Every  morning  when  Hiawatha  awoke, 
he  heard  the  birds  singing  in  the  forest. 
At  night  when  he  lay  in  the  wigwam,  he 
heard  the  owls  hooting  and  scolding. 

The  little  boy  knew  all  the  sounds  of 
the  forest.  He  knew  the  language  of  every 
bird.  He  knew  what  the  owls  said  to  each 
other.    He  knew  the  names  of  all  the  birds. 

The  owls  were  asleep  through  the  day, 
but  at  night  they  awoke.  When  the  bright 
moon  rose,  Hiawatha  heard  them  hooting  in 
the  forest.  He  heard  them  talking  to  each 
other  and  laughing  at  the  moon. 

The  little  birds  sang  when  the  sun  was 
shining.  They  sang  to  the  rising  sun  that 
made  the  earth  beautiful.  Hiawatha  called 
them  his  little  chickens. 

"  Hiawatha's  Chickens  "  were  afraid  of 
the  owls  and  at  night  they  hid  themselves 
in  the  trees. 

Hiawatha  loved  the  music  of  the  birds, 
but  he  was  afraid  when  he  heard  the  owls. 


88 


mHEN  the  little  Hiawatha 

Learned  of  every  bird  its  language, 
Learned  their  names  and  all  their  secrets, 
How  they  built  their  nests  in  Summer, 
Where  they  hid  themselves  in  Winter, 
Talked  with  them  whene'er  he  met  them, 
Called  them  "  Hiawatha's  Chickens." 


>      1     >    ,       ?        3 


Learned  of  every  bird  its  language  " 


89 


THE   BEAVER. 


Hiawatha  saw  the  beaver  in  the  forest. 
The  beavers  lived  by  the  water  and  built 
themselves  lodges  of  twigs  and  soft  earth. 
They  lived  in  the  lodges. 

The  lodges  of  the  beavers  stood  by  the 
river.  The  beavers  built  a  dam  across  the 
river.  They  made  the  dam  of  trees,  twigs 
and  earth.  When  the  water  rose  behind  the 
dam,  they  built  their  lodges  there. 

Hiawatha  watched  the  beavers  at  their 
work.  He  learned  all  their  secrets.  They 
talked  with  him  and  told  him  many  things. 
He  learned  how  they  built  their  lodges. 


90 


THE  SQUIRREL. 


The  squirrel  lived  in 
the  forest.  Hiawatha 
saw  him  there  one  day. 
The  squirrel  was  in  a 
great  pine-tree. 

Hiawatha  watched 
the  squirrel  running  up 
and  down  the  tree.  He 
talked  with  it  and  learned  all  its  secrets. 
He  called  it  Adjidaumo 

Adjidaumo  had  a  nest  in  the  pine-tree. 
The  nest  was  made  of  twigs  and  leaves.  He 
lived  in  the  nest  all  through  the  summer. 

Hiawatha  loved  to  see  the  squirrel  run 
ning  up  and  down  the  trees. 


91 


ADJIDAUMO   AND   THE   ACORNS. 


In  winter,  Adjidaumo  did  not  live  in  a 
nest.     He  lived  then  in  a  hollow  tree. 

Adjidaumo  lived  on  acorns.  All  through 
the  summer  he  was  at  work.  He  hid  acorns 
in  the  hollow  of  the  tree. 

One  day,  Hiawatha  watched  Adjidaumo 
at  work.  He  saw  him  running  up  and  down 
the  tree  with  acorns.  He  learned  where  he 
hid  the  acorns  in  the  hollow  tree. 

"  Why  do  you  work  all  day  ? "  asked 
Hiawatha.  "  I  work  in  summer  so  I  can 
live  in  winter,"  answered  Adjidaumo. 

The  hollow  in  the  tree  was  Adjidaumo's 
wigwam.  He  bedded  it  with  moss  and  leaves 
and  lived  there  all  winter. 


92 


THE   RABBIT. 


The  rabbit  was  very  timid.  It  did  not 
live  in  the  trees  as  the  squirrel  did.  It 
did  not  have  lodges  as  the  beaver  did.  It 
hid  in  the  bushes. 

Hiawatha  loved  the  little  creature.  He 
talked  with  it  whenever  he  met  it.  It  was 
not  afraid  of  him  and  he  learned  all  its 
secrets.     He  learned  why  it  was  so  timid. 

The  rabbit  told  Hiawatha  why  it  was  so 
timid.  It  was  afraid  of  the  other  beasts. 
When  it  saw  them,  it  hid  in  the  bushes. 

Hiawatha  learned  where  the  rabbit  hid. 
He  knew  all  the  secrets  of  the  forest. 


93 
THE   REINDEER. 

Hiawatha  saw  a  reindeer  in  the  forest. 
It  was  running  very  swiftly.  It  had  great 
antlers. 

Hiawatha  learned  many  things  about  the 
reindeer.  He  watched  it  running  through 
the  trees.     He  saw  its  great  antlers. 

Hiawatha  talked  with  the  reindeer.  He 
asked  it  how  it  ran  so  swiftly.  The  rein- 
deer told  him  all  its  secrets. 

The  reindeer  did  not  work  as  the 
squirrel  and  the  beaver  did.  When  win- 
ter came,  it  lived  on  moss  and  twigs. 

At  night,  the  reindeer  lay  down  in  the 
bushes  to  sleep. 
In  the  morning, 
it  awoke  and  ran 
swiftly  through 
the  forest. 

The  rabbit 
ran  very  swiftly, 
but  not  so  swiftly 
as  the  reindeer. 


94 

HIAWATHA'S   BROTHERS. 

All  the  beasts  were  Hiawatha's  friends. 
He  was  very  good  to  them.  He  called  them 
"  Hiawatha's  Brothers." 

Whenever  he  went  into  the  forest,  they 
came  running  about  him.  "  We  are  your 
little  brothers,  Hiawatha,"  they  said.  "  You 
are  very  good  to  us  and  we  love  you." 

The  beavers  showed  him  how  they  built 
the  dam  across  the  river.  They  showed  him 
their  lodges  on  the  shore.  They  said  that 
the  lodges  were  their  little  wigwams. 

The  squirrel  was  glad  to  see  Hiawatha. 
It  showed  him  the  nest  in  the  great  pine- 
tree.  It  showed  him  the  hollow  tree  where 
it  hid  the  acorns. 

The  timid  rabbit  talked  with  Hiawatha. 
It  told  him  why  it  was  afraid  of  the  other 
beasts  and  the  owls. 

The  reindeer  taught  him  how  it  ran  so 
swiftly.    It  showed  him  its  great  antlers. 

Hiawatha  knew  them  all  and  loved  them. 
He  said  they  were  "  Hiawatha's  Brothers." 


95 

Lu  kal   I  kiL  "Bj^aAtb  SojuL 

GovA,  maW/ae,  &JU&.  WtR- 
m/  hall  all  tkiL  Imhh  to  Wi- 
ajuralka.  f4au>  oAjl  uau  IruUb 
WjuJtLjui  moVru/ixc  ? 

LruLb  mcAmi/rtc,  Aaidtk^lWiKAJb. 

Uo  ucm  ii&i  mu  Tmht  i/rbTjuxL 
dLtul-Wl?  ahWL  IKl  AajJuAJiiX. 

UJjb  oJul  uovJi  uJ^-'IusLmAh, 
wwjjmIjvi.,  haia,  tlu    /laMnJLb. 

ojiii  ttui  cAJiat  ayrilifiAb!  MJucL 
trui  JiiaomcjiA,. 


96 


/~\F  all  beasts  he  learned  the  language, 
Learned    their    names    and    all    their 
secrets, 
How  the  beavers  built  their  lodges, 
Where  the  squirrels  hid  their  acorns, 
How  the  reindeer  ran  so  swiftly, 
Why  the  rabbit  was  so  timid, 
Talked  with  them  whene'er  he  met  them, 
Called  them  "  Hiawatha's  Brothers." 


"  Learned  their  names  and  all  their  secrets 


97 


IAGOO. 

Old  Iagoo  was 
a  great  warrior. 
He  loyed  the  lit- 
tle Hiawatha  and 
told  him  marvel- 
lous stories.  He 
had  been  a  great 
traveller  and  he 
was  a  marvellous 
story-teller.  Nokomis  and  he  were  friends. 
Iagoo  was  a  great  talker  and  boaster. 
When  he  came  to  the  wigwam,  he  told 
Nokomis  and  Hiawatha  marvellous  stories 
about  the  things  he  had  seen.  Hiawatha 
loved  to  hear  his  stories  and  asked  him 
many  questions  about  them. 

Iagoo  answered  all  the  questions  that 
Hiawatha  asked.  He  had  been  a  great 
traveller  and  he  had  learned  many  things. 
He  taught  Hiawatha  all  he  had  learned. 

Hiawatha  loved  Iagoo,  the  great  boaster 
and  story-teller.     He  loved  his  stories. 


98 


THE  MAKING  OF  THE  BOW. 

One  day,  Iagoo  had  been  talking  to  Hi- 
awatha about  the  Indian  warriors.  He  said 
they  were  great  hunters.  "  I  will  make  you 
a  bow,  my  little  hunter,"  said  he. 

Then  Iagoo,  the  great  boaster,  made  a 
bow  for  Hiawatha.  (<¥e  must  have  a  branch 
from  the  ash-tree  to  make  a  good  bow,"  he 
said.  They  went  into  the  forest  together 
and  Iagoo  saw  an  ash-tree  there.  He  made 
the  bow  from  a  branch  of  the  ash. 

"  The  bow  must  have  a  cord,"  said  Iagoo. 
"  We  will  make  the  cord  of  deer-skin."  He 
went  into  the  wigwam  and  old  Nokomis  gave 
him  a  deer-skin.  Then  he  made  a  cord  and 
fastened  it  to  the  bow. 

Hiawatha  was  glad  when  Iagoo  gave  him 
the  bow.  He  showed  it  to  Nokomis  and 
told  her  that  Iagoo  had  made  it  for  him. 


99 

THE  MAKING   OF   THE   ARROWS. 

"  You  must  have  arrows  for  your  bow, 
my  little  hunter,"  said  Iagoo  to  Hiawatha. 

So  Iagoo  and  Hiawatha  walked  into  the 
forest.  They  found  an  oak-tree  there  and 
Iagoo  made  the  arrows  from  an  oak-bough. 

"  The  arrows  must  be  winged  with 
feathers,"  said  Iagoo.  So  he  winged  the 
arrows  with  feathers  that  Hiawatha  found. 

"  The  arrows  must  be  tipped  with  flint," 
said  Iagoo.  So  they  found  flint  and  Iagoo 
tipped  the  arrows  with  it. 

"We  must  have  a  quiver  for  the  arrows," 
said  Iagoo.    So  he  made  a  quiver  for  them. 


100 

IAGOO,   NOKOMIS   AND   HIAWATHA. 

"  Where  is  my  little  boy  ?  "  said  Nokomis 
to  Iagoo.  "  He  is  with  me,"  said  old  lagoo. 
"We  have  been  making  a  bow  and  arrows." 

"  See  what  a  good  bow  I  have  !  "  said 
Hiawatha.  "  Iagoo  made  it  for  me.  See  the 
quiver  for  my  arrows !  Iagoo  has  made  it 
of  many  colors.     Is  it  not  beautiful  ?  " 

"  Iagoo  is  very  good  to  you,"  said  Noko- 
mis. "  He  is  my  friend  and  we  are  glad  to 
have  him  with  us.  Where  have  you  been 
all  day,  Iagoo  ?  " 

"  We  have  been  in  the  forest  for  boughs 
of  oak  and  a  branch  of  ash,"  said  Iagoo. 
"  Then  we  went  to  the  shore  of  the  Big-Sea 
Water  and  found  flint  for  the  arrows." 

"  What  will  Hiawatha  do  with  a  bow  and 
arrows  ?  "  asked  Nokomis.  "  He  is  my  little 
hunter,"  answered  Iagoo.  "  He  will  go  into 
the  forest  and  kill  a  famous  roebuck." 

"  I  will  kill  the  deer,"  said  Hiawatha, 
"but  I  will  not  kill  the  squirrel  and  the 
rabbit.     They  are  my  little  brothers." 


101 
WHAT  IAGOO   SAID   TO   HIAWATHA. 

Iagoo  fastened  the  quiver  for  Hiawatha 
and  gave  him  the  bow.    Then  he  said : 

"  See,  my  son,  you  are  a  little  hunter ! 
I  have  made  for  you  a  bow  and  arrows.  You 
must  go  into  the  forest  and  kill  a  deer. 

"  The  red  deer  herd  together  in  the  for- 
est. With  them  there  is  a  famous  roebuck. 
This  roebuck  has  great  antlers  and  he  is 
very  beautiful. 

"  Go  into  the  forest,  my  son,  with  your 
bow  and  arrows.  When  you  have  found 
where  the  red  deer  herd  together,  you  must 
kill  for  us  the  famous  roebuck. 

"  Your  arrows  are  tipped  with  flint  and 
winged  with  feathers.  Kill  for  us  a  deer 
with  antlers ! 

"  Your  arrow  will  fly  straight  from  the 
bow.     Kill  for  us  a  famous  roebuck !  " 


102 


npHEN  Iagoo,  the  great  boaster, 
~  He  the  marvellous  story-teller, 
He  the  traveller  and  the  talker, 
He  the  friend  of  old  Nokomis, 
Made  a  bow  for  Hiawatha ; 
From  a  branch  of  ash  he  made  it, 
From  an  oak-bough  made  the  arrows, 
Tipped  with  flint,  and  winged  with  feathers, 
And  the  cord  he  made  of  deer-skin. 

Then  he  said  to  Hiawatha : 
"Go,  my  son,  into  the  forest, 
Where  the  red  deer  herd  together, 
Kill  for  us  a  famous  roebuck, 
Kill  for  us  a  deer  with  antlers !  " 


"  Go,  my  son,  into  the  forest" 


103 


IN   THE   FOREST. 


Hiawatha  walked  forth  into  the  forest, 
The  little  boy  was  all  alone,  but  he  walked 
very  proudly.  He  went  straightway  into 
the  forest. 

It  was  a  beautiful  summer  day.  The  sun 
was  shining  in  the  clear  sky.  As  Hiawatha 
walked  proudly  among  the  trees,  the  birds 
sang  to  him  from  the  branches  above. 

Forth  into  the  forest  straightway  went 
the  little  hunter.  He  was  all  alone,  but 
he  had  his  bow  and  arrows  with  him. 


104 


WHAT   THE  BIRDS  SANG. 

As  Hiawatha  walked  proudly  through  the 
forest,  the  birds  flew  round  him  and  over 
him.  They  sat  among  the  branches  over  him 
and  sang  to  him.  "  We  are  glad  to  see  you, 
little  brother/ '  sang  the  birds. 

But  when  the  birds  saw  Hiawatha's  bow 
and  arrows,  they  were  afraid.  They  sang, 
"  Do  not  shoot  us,  Hiawatha!  Do  not  shoot 
your  little  chickens  !  " 

The  bluebird  flew  over  the  little  hun- 
ter, singing,  "  Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha ! 
I  am  Owaissa,  the  bluebird.  I  am  Owaissa, 
the  friend  of  Hiawatha.  Do  not  shoot  me, 
little  brother ! M 

The  robin  knew  Hiawatha  and  loved  him, 
but  it  was  afraid  of  his  bow  and  arrows. 
It  sat  on  a  bough  above  the  little  hunter 
and  watched  him  with  its  bright  eyes. 

"  Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha  !  "  sang  the 
robin.  "  I  am  your  little  friend,  Opechee. 
I  am  Opechee,  the  robin,  and  I  love  you. 
Do  not  shoot  me,  little  hunter ! " 


105 
WHAT  THE  SQUIRREL  SAID. 

Adjidaumo,  the  squirrel,  sprang  up  the 
oak-tree,  close  beside  the  little  hunter. 
He  ran  in  and  out  among  the  branches  and 
watched  Hiawatha  with  his  bright  eyes. 

Adjidaumo  laughed  when  he  saw  the  bow. 
He  sat  in  the  oak-tree  and  chattered  and 
coughed  at  the  little  hunter.  He  threw 
acorns  from  the  oak-tree  at  him.  He 
laughed,  and  said  between  his  laughing: 

"  Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha  !  I  am 
Adjidaumo,  the  squirrel.  I  am  the  friend 
and  brother  of  Hiawatha.  Do  not  shoot  me, 
little  brother ! 

"  I  am  not  afraid  of  you,  little  hunter 
You  have  many  arrows 
in  your  quiver,  but 
you  will  not  kill  me 
with  them.  Your  ar- 
rows are  tipped  with 
flint,  but  I  am  not 
afraid  of  them.  I  am 
your  little  brother/' 


106 


WHAT   THE   RABBIT   SAID. 


The  timid  rabbit  saw  the  little  hunter 
and  leaped  aside  from  his  pathway.  When 
it  was  at  a  little  distance,  it  sat  erect  upon 
its  haunches  and  watched  him. 

The  rabbit  loved  Hiawatha,  but  it  was 
half  afraid  of  his  bow  and  arrows.  As  he 
came  down  the  pathway  between  the  trees, 
it  said  half  in  fear  and  half  in  frolic : 

"  Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha !  I  am  your 
little  friend,  the  rabbit.  I  am  very  timid 
and  I  fear  your  bow  and  arrows.  Do  not 
shoot  me,  Hiawatha ! 

"  When  I  saw  the 
arrows  in  your  quiver,  I 
leaped  aside  from  your 
pathway  and  ran,  dear 
little  brother.  Then  I 
watched  you  half  in  frolic 
and  half  in  fear.  What 
will  you  do  with  your 
bow  and  arrows,  little 
hunter  ?  " 


107 
THE   LITTLE   HUNTER. 

Hiawatha  walked  on  through  the  forest 
alone.  He  had  walked  proudly  forth  from 
the  wigwam  and  straightway  to  the  forest. 
His  bow  was  beside  him  and  many  arrows 
were  in  his  quiver. 

The  birds  sang  round  and  over  the  lit- 
tle hunter.  "  Do  not  shoot  us,  Hiawatha  !  " 
sang  the  robin,  the  Opechee.  "  Do  not 
kill  us,  Hiawatha !  "  sang  the  bluebird,  the 
Owaissa.     But  Hiawatha  heard  them  not. 

Up  the  oak-tree  sprang  Adjidaumo,  the 
squirrel.  He  sprang  out  and  in  among  the 
branches  and  coughed  and  chattered  to  the 
little  boy.  "Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha  !  " 
he  called  between  his  laughing.  But  Hia- 
watha saw  him  not. 

The  rabbit  leaped  aside  from  the  path- 
way and  sat  erect  upon  its  haunches  at  a 
distance.  "  Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha  !  " 
it  said  half  in  fear  and  half  in  frolic.  But 
Hiawatha  heard  it  not.  He  went  straight- 
way through  the  forest. 


108 


T710RTH  into  the  forest  straightway 

All  alone  walked  Hiawatha 
Proudly,  with  his  bow  and  arrows ; 
And  the  birds  sang  round  him,  o'er  him, 
"  Do  not  shoot  us,  Hiawatha  ! " 
Sang  the  robin,  the  Opechee, 
Sang  the  bluebird,  the  Owaissa, 
"  Do  not  shoot  us,  Hiawatha !  " 

Up  the  oak-tree,  close  beside  him, 
Sprang  the  squirrel,  Adjidaumo, 
In  and  out  among  the  branches, 
Coughed  and  chattered  from  the  oak-tree, 
Laughed,  and  said  between  his  laughing, 
"  Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha  ! " 

And  the  rabbit  from  his  pathway 
Leaped  aside,  and  at  a  distance 
Sat  erect  upon  his  haunches, 
Half  in  fear  and  half  in  frolic, 
Saying  to  the  little  hunter, 
"  Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha !  " 


"  Forth  into  the  forest  straightway  " 


109 


HIAWATHA'S  HUNTING. 

You  have  heard 
how  the  birds  and 
the  beasts  talked 
to  Hiawatha,  when 
they  saw  him  with 
his  bow  and  quiv- 
er of  arrows.  But 
he  heeded  not,  nor 
heard  them.  All  his 
thoughts  were  with 
the  red  deer  that 
herd  together  in  the  forest. 

The  little  hunter  found  the  tracks  of 
the  deer  in  the  forest,  and  his  eyes  were 
fastened  on  them.  When  Adjidaumo  sprang 
up  the  oak-tree  and  coughed  and  chattered 
among  its  branches,  Hiawatha  did  not  see, 
nor  hear  him.  The  thoughts  of  the  little 
hunter  were  with  the  red  deer. 

When  the  rabbit  leaped  aside  from  his 


110 

HIAWATHA'S   HUNTING. 

pathway  and  sat  erect  upon  its  haunches, 
Hiawatha  heeded  it  not.  His  thoughts  were 
with  the  famous  roebuck  that  was  with  the 
herd  of  red  deer. 

The  little  hunter's  eyes  were  fastened 
on  the  tracks  of  the  red  deer.  They  made 
a  pathway  leading  downward  to  the  river, 
and  he  walked  down  the  pathway. 


When  Hiawatha  came  to  the  ford  across 
the  river,  he  hid  in  the  alder-bushes.  He 
lay  there,  safely  hidden,  and  waited  till 
the  deer  came. 

Hidden  in  the  alder-bushes,  the  little 
hunter  waited  for  the  deer.  His  eyes  were 
fastened  on  the  pathway  leading  downward 
to  the  ford.  His  bow  was  close  beside  him 
with  the  arrow  on  the  cord. 

Round  about  the  little  hunter  flew  the 
birds.  The  robin  and  the  bluebird  called 
to  him  from  the  branches.   Adjidaumo  chat- 


Ill 


HIAWATHA'S  HUNTING. 


tered  to  him  from  the  oak-bough.  The  rab- 
bit sat  erect  and  watched  him  from  a  dis- 
tance. But  Hiawatha  heeded  them  not. 
All  his  thoughts  were  with  the  roebuck  and 
he  waited  for  its  coming. 

All  about  the  little  hunter  were  great 
trees.  Their  leaves  trembled  in  the  wind. 
They  whispered  to  him  as  he  lay  hidden  in 
the  alder-bushes  by  the  ford.  But  Hiawa- 
tha did  not  hear  them. 
The  birch-leaf 
palpitated  in  the 
soft  summer 
wind,  but  he  did 
not  see  it.  He 
waited  to  see  a 
deer  come  down 
the  pathway,  and 
his  heart  palpi- 
tated within  him 
as  he  waited. 


112 
HIAWATHA'S  HUNTING. 

Hiawatha  lay  in  the  alder-bushes.  All 
at  once,  he  saw  two  antlers  lifted  from  a 
thicket.  He  knew  the  deer  was  coming,  but 
he  watched  and  waited.  He  saw  two  bright 
eyes  look  from  the  thicket,  but  he  waited 
and  watched.  He  saw  two  nostrils  point  to 
windward.    But  still  he  waited. 

Then  a  deer  came  down  the  pathway. 
Ah  !  what  a  beautiful  deer  it  was  !  Its 
antlers  were  proudly  lifted  as  it  walked 
down  the  pathway  to  the  ford.  It  knew 
not  that  the  little  hunter  was  hidden  in  the 
bushes  bv  the  river. 

The  pathway  was  flecked  with  light  and 
shadow  from  the  leafy  trees  above  it.  The 
deer  was  very  beautiful  as  it  stood  there 
with  nostrils  to  windward  and  its  antlers 
proudly  lifted. 


Hiawatha  was  very  glad  to  see  the  deer. 
How  his  heart  palpitated  within  him  !    How 


113 


HIAWATHA'S  HUNTING. 

it  trembled  and  fluttered  !  It  palpitated 
like  the  birch-leaf  when  he  saw  the  eyes 
look  from  the  thicket.  When  the  deer  came 
down  the  pathway,  it  fluttered  and  trem- 
bled like  the  leaves  on  the  alder-bushes 
above  him.  But  he  lay  very  still,  for  he 
knew  that  the  deer  was  timid. 

"Ah  !  "  thought  the  little  hunter,  "  this 
is  the  famous  roebuck  that  Iagoo  told  me 
about.  This  is  the  deer  with  antlers  that 
I  came  to  kill.  I  will  shoot  him  with  the 
bow  and  arrows  that  Iagoo  made  for  me.  I 
will  kill  the  deer  with  antlers/ ' 


114 

T)UT  he  heeded  not,  nor  heard  them, 
For  his  thoughts  were  with  the  red 
deer; 
On  their  tracks  his  eyes  were  fastened, 
Leading  downward  to  the  river, 
To  the  ford  across  the  river, 
And  as  one  in  slumber  walked  he. 

Hidden  in  the  alder-bushes, 
There  he  waited  till  the  deer  came, 
Till  he  saw  two  antlers  lifted, 
Saw  two  eyes  look  from  the  thicket, 
Saw  two  nostrils  point  to  windward, 
And  a  deer  came  down  the  pathway, 
Flecked  with  leafy  light  and  shadow. 
And  his  heart  within  him  fluttered, 
Trembled  like  the  leaves  above  him, 
Like  the  birch-leaf  palpitated, 
As  the  deer  came  down  the  pathway. 


115 


THE   SHOOTING  OF   THE   DEER. 


Hiawatha  wait- 
ed till  the  deer 
came  down  to  the 
ford.  Then,  upon 
one  knee  upris- 
ing, he  aimed  an 
arrow.  He  aimed 
the  arrow  at  the 
deer  as  it  stood 
with  lifted  antlers  beside  the  river. 

The  little  hunter  made  no  sound.  Not 
a  twig  moved  with  his  motion  as  he  rose 
upon  one  knee.  Scarce  a  leaf  was  stirred 
or  rustled  as  he  aimed  the  arrow.  But  he 
was  afraid  that  the  deer  had  heard  him. 

How  the  little  hunter's  heart  fluttered 
and  trembled  as  he  aimed  the  arrow !  It 
palpitated  within  him  like  the  birch-leaf 
in  the  wind.     He  was  afraid  that  the  deer 


116 

THE  SHOOTING  OF  THE  DEER. 

had  heard  him.  He  was  afraid  that  it  had 
seen  him  through  the  leaves  of  the  alder- 
bushes  that  hid  him. 

Hiawatha's  heart  trembled,  but  he  aimed 
his  arrow  straight  at  the  deer. 


Uprising  on  one  knee,  the  little  hunter 
aimed  his  arrow  at  the  deer.  Scarce  a 
twig  moved  with  his  motion.  Scarce  a  leaf 
was  stirred  or  rustled.  But  the  wary  roe- 
buck started  as  if  it  had  heard  him. 

The  roebuck  was  very  timid.  It  did  not 
see  Hiawatha  point  the  arrow  at  its  heart, 
but  it  started  and  listened.  It  listened 
with  one  foot  uplifted.  It  stood  with  its 
nostrils  to  windward.  But  there  was  not  a 
sound  from  the  alder-bushes. 

The  wary  roebuck  knew  that  the  hunter 
was  hidden  close  by.  It  listened  with  up- 
lifted foot,  but  it  did  not  hear  him.  It 
looked  up  and  down  the  pathway,  but  it  did 


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THE   SHOOTING   OF   THE   DEER. 


not   see   him.     It   stood   with    its   nostrils 
to  windward,  bat  it  did  not  find  him. 

Then  the  roebuck  stamped  with  all  its 
hoofs  together,  for  it  knew  that  Hiawatha 
was  close  by. 


As  the  deer  stamped  with  all  its  hoofs 
together,  the  arrow  flew  from  the  cord  of 
the  bow.  Ah  !  the  singing,  fatal  arrow  !  It 
flew  straight  from  the  bow.  It  buzzed  and 
stung  like  a  wasp. 

The  fatal  arrow  was  made  from  a  branch 


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THE   SHOOTING   OF   THE   DEER. 

of  the  oak-tree.  It  had  a  point  of  flint. 
It  was  winged  with  feathers.  It  was  very 
straight  and  it  flew  swiftly.  There  were 
many  arrows  like  it  in  Hiawatha's  quiver. 
Iagoo  made  them  all. 

Straight  to  the  heart  of  the  deer  flew 
the  fatal  arrow.  The  timid  deer  heard  it 
singing  from  the  bow.  He  leaped  as  if  to 
meet  it.  He  knew  not  what  to  do  nor  where 
to  go.  He  heard  the  arrow  coming,  but  he 
did  not  see  it. 

The  fatal  arrow  went  where  the  hunter 
aimed  it.  It  found  the  heart  of  the  timid 
deer.  It  stung  him  like  a  wasp.  It  found 
his  timid  heart  and  stung  it  till  it  beat 
no  longer. 


.The  roebuck  was  dead.  His  timid  heart 
beat  no  longer.  Hiawatha  had  killed  him. 
With  his  bow  and  arrow,  the  little  hunter 
had  killed  the  famous  roebuck. 


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THE   SHOOTING   OF   THE   DEER. 

The  leaves  of  the  trees  fluttered  and 
trembled  in  the  soft  summer  wind,  but  the 
roebuck's  heart  was  stilled.  It  fluttered 
and  trembled  no  longer.  The  arrow  of  the 
hunter  had  stung  and  stilled  it. 

The  birds  sang  among  the  leafy  boughs. 
The  squirrel  laughed  and  chattered  in  the 
oak-tree.  The  rabbit  came  forth  from  the 
thicket  and  listened.  But  the  roebuck  saw 
them  not,  nor  heard  them.     He  was  dead. 

And  the  roebuck  moved  not,  nor  stirred. 
Dead  he  lay  there  on  the  pathway,  by  the 
ford  across  the  river. 


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rriHEN,  upon  one  knee  uprising, 

Hiawatha  aimed  an  arrow ; 
Scarce  a  twig  moved  with  his  motion, 
Scarce  a  leaf  was  stirred  or  rustled, 
But  the  wary  roebuck  started, 
Stamped  with  all  his  hoofs  together, 
Listened  with  one  foot  uplifted, 
Leaped  as  if  to  meet  the  arrow ; 
Ah !  the  singing,  fatal  arrow ; 
Like  a  wasp  it  buzzed  and  stung  him 

Dead  he  lay  there  in  the  forest, 
By  the  ford  across  the  river; 
Beat  his  timid  heart  no  longer. 


Indian  Implements 


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THE  HOME-COMING   AND   THE   FEAST. 

Hiawatha  was  glad.  He  ran  to  the  dead 
roebuck  and  looked  down  upon  him  proudly. 
How  his  heart  throbbed  and  exulted  within 
him  !  He  had  killed  the  wary  roebuck  !  He 
had  killed  the  deer  with  antlers ! 

The  little  hunter's  heart  throbbed  and 
exulted.  "  Look,  my  brothers  !  "  he  shouted 
to  the  rabbit  and  the  squirrel.  "  See  what 
I  have  killed!  I  have  killed  the  famous 
roebuck.  I  have  killed  the  great  deer  of 
the  herd  with  my  bow  of  ash  and  my  arrows 
of  oak.    Iagoo  and  Nokomis  will  be  glad." 

Then  Hiawatha  bore  the  deer  homeward. 
He  knew  that  Iagoo  and  Nokomis  waited  for 
him  in  the  wigwam,  and  he  walked  proudly. 
His  heart  exulted  within  him.  He  shouted 
to  the  robin  and  the  bluebird.  He  called 
to  the  beaver  and  the  reindeer.  He  talked 
to  the  squirrel  and  the  rabbit.    His  heart 


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THE  HOME-COMING  AND  THE  FEAST. 

was  glad  within  him,  for  he  knew  that  No- 
komis  and  Iagoo  waited  for  his  coming. 

The  birds  sang  to  Hiawatha  as  he  bore 
the  red  deer  homeward.  The  squirrel  chat- 
tered from  the  bough  of  the  oak-tree.  The 
beavers  came  forth  from  their  lodges  and 
watched  him.  The  rabbit  leaped  across  his 
pathway.  They  all  exulted  with  the  little 
hunter  as  he  bore  the  red  deer  homeward. 


Iagoo  and  Nokomis  stood  at  the  door  of 
the  wigwam.  Their  thoughts  were  with  the 
little  hunter  in  the  forest.  They  talked 
about  him  as  they  waited  for  his  coming. 

"  Where  is  my  little  hunter  ?  "  asked  No- 
komis. "  I  fear  he  has  not  found  the  deer. 
Will  you  not  go  into  the  forest  and  find 
him,  Iagoo  ?    I  do  not  hear  him  coming/' 

"  Ugh ! "  said  Iagoo.  "  He  will  come  when 
he  has  found  the  deer  and  killed  him.  The 
roebuck  is  timid  and  wary,  but  our  little 


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THE   HOME-COMING   AND   THE   FEAST. 

hunter  will  track  him  through  the  forest. 
Do  not  be  afraid,  Nokomis." 

"  Hush  !  "  said  Nokomis,  "  I  hear  him 
coming.,,  They  listened  and  heard  Hiawatha 
as  he  shouted  to  the  birds  and  beasts.  Then 
the  little  hunter  came  out  of  the  forest, 
and  they  saw  him. 

Hiawatha  bore  the  red  deer  straightway 
to  the  wigwam  and  gave  it  to  old  Nokomis. 
"  See,  Iagoo  !  "  he  said.  "  I  have  killed  the 
famous  roebuck/' 


Iagoo  and  Nokomis  hailed  the  coming  of 
Hiawatha  with  applauses.  They  praised  him 
and  called  him  a  famous 
hunter.  "  I  will  make  him 
a  cloak  of  the  roebuck's 
hide,"  said  Nokomis.  "It 
will  be  a  good  cloak  for 
winter. "  So  she  made  Hi- 
awatha  a   deer-skin   cloak.  "v,*Hpr> 


fet.h"*-*  iSSi.' 


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THE  HOME-COMING   AND   THE  FEAST. 

"  What  will  you  do  with  the  red  deer's 
flesh  ?  "  asked  Hiawatha.  "  We  will  make 
you  a  banquet,"  said  Nokomis.  "Ugh!" 
said  old  Iagoo,  "  we  will  make  a  feast  in 
honor  of  our  little  hunter." 

"  We  will  have  all  the  village  come  to 
our  feast,"  said  Nokomis.  "  We  will  make  a 
great  feast  in  honor  of  our  little  hunter. 
We  will  have  all  the  warriors,  and  all  of 
the  women  and  the  children  as  our  guests." 


So  Nokomis  and  Iagoo  made  a  banquet  in 

Hiawatha's  honor. 
Nokomis  made 
the  banquet  from 
the  red  deer's 
flesh,  and  Iagoo 
called  all  the  war- 
riors and  all  the 
women  and  the 
children     of    the 


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THE  HOME-COMING  AND   THE  FEAST. 

village  as  guests.  They  all  came  and  feast- 
ed in  honor  of  Hiawatha's  hunting. 

When  the  banquet  was  over,  Iagoo  told 
stories.  The  Indians  listened  to  his  stories 
and  praised  them.  "  Ugh  !  "  they  said,  "  you 
are  a  marvellous  story-teller." 

Then  Hiawatha  told  them  of  the  shoot- 
ing of  the  deer.  He  told  them  how  it  came 
down  to  the  ford  where  he  lay  hidden,  and 
how  he  killed  and  bore  it  homeward. 

The  warriors  and  the  women  all  praised 
the  hunter.  They  called  him  Strong-Heart, 
Soan-ge-taha.  They  called  him  Loon-Heart, 
Mahn-go-taysee. 


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T3UT  the  heart  of  Hiawatha 

Throbbed  and  shouted  and  exulted, 
As  he  bore  the  red  deer  homeward, 
And  Iagoo  and  Nokomis 
Hailed  his  coming  with  applauses. 

From  the  red  deer's  hide  Nokomis 
Made  a  cloak  for  Hiawatha, 
From  the  red  deer's  flesh  Nokomis 
Made  a  banquet  in  his  honor. 
All  the  village  came  and  feasted, 
All  the  guests  praised  Hiawatha, 
Called  him  Strong-Heart,  Soan-gc-taha  ! 
Called  him  Loon-Heart,  Mahn-go-taysee ! 


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APPENDIX 


MUDJEKEEWIS. 

This  is  the  story  of  Mudjekeewis,  who 
killed  the  Great  Bear  of  the  mountains. 

Mudjekeewis  was  a  great  warrior.  Once, 
he  was  hunting  all  alone  and  he  found  the 
Great  Bear  of  the  mountains  as  it  lay 
asleep.  The  Great  Bear  had  a  magic  girdle 
of  wampum. 

The  heart  of  Mudjekeewis  exulted.  He 
made  no  sound  as  he  walked  softly  up  the 
mountain.  He  drew  the  magic  girdle  softly 
over  the  round  ears  of  the  Bear  as  it  lay 
asleep.    It  did  not  see,  nor  hear  him. 

Then  Mudjekeewis  shouted  his  war-cry 
and  struck  the  Bear  with  his  great  war-club. 
Right  between  the  eyes  he  struck  it.  The 
great   beast    rose  from   the  earth,  but  its 


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knees  trembled  with  fear.  It  sat  upon  its 
haunches  and  cried  like  a  woman. 

Mudjekeewis  laughed  when  he  saw  that 
the  Bear  was  afraid  of  him.  He  called  it  a 
coward  and  an  old  woman.  Then  he  killed 
it  with  his  war-club  and  bore  the  magic 
girdle  of  wampum  to  the  village. 

When  the  Indians  saw  the  magic  girdle, 
they  hailed  Mudjekeewis  with  applauses. 
"  Honor  be  to  Mudjekeewis !  "  they  shouted* 
"  He  shall  be  ruler  of  the  winds  of  heaven. 
He  shall  be  called  Mudjekeewis  no  longer, 
but  Kabeyun,  the  West- Wind." 

WABUN. 

Mudjekeewis  had  three  sons.  Wabun  was 
young  and  beautiful,  and  to  him  Mudjekee- 
wis gave  the  East-Wind. 

All  the  Indians  loved  Wabun.  He  came 
from  the  East  with  the  morning  light.  He 
whispered  to  the  trees.  He  told  the  birds 
and  blossoms  that  the  sun  was  coming.  He 
called  the  deer,  and  called  the  hunter. 


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Wabun  was  yery  lonely  in  the  sky.  The 
birds  sang  to  him  and  the  flowers  lifted  up 
their  blossoms  for  him  to  see.  Rivers  and 
forests  shouted  at  his  coming.  But  his 
heart  was  sad  within  him,  for  he  was  alone 
in  heaven. 

One  day,  as  Wabun  looked  down  upon 
the  earth,  he  saw  a  maiden  standing  by 
a  river.  Her  eyes  were  blue  as  the  sum- 
mer sky  and  she  was  very  beautiful. 
She  was  all  alone  on  earth  as  Wabun  was 
in  heaven. 

Then  Wabun  called  the  maiden  from  the 
earth  to  live  with  him  in  heaven.  So  the 
East-Wind  and  the  Star  of  Morning  are  no 
longer  lonely.  They  walk  through  heaven 
together  and  help  to  make  the  earth  beau- 
tiful and  bright. 


SHAWONDASEE. 

Shawondasee,  the  brother  of  Wabun,  was 
fat  and  lazy.    Mudjekeewis  gave  to  him  the 


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soft  and  gentle  South- Wind  that  blew  over 
the  earth  in  summer. 

Shawondasee  loved  the  flowers  and  many 
blossoms  sprang  up  in  his  pathway.  When 
he  blew  across  the  earth,  the  birds  sang 
among  the  branches.  All  things  loved  the 
soft  and  gentle  South-Wind. 

But  Shawondasee  had  one  sorrow  in  his 
heart.  One  day,  as  he  looked  northward, 
he  saw  a  maiden  standing  among  the  lilies 
on  the  prairie.  Her  cloak  was  green  and 
her  tresses  were  like  the  sunshine. 

Shawondasee  loved  this  maiden,  but  he 
was  very  lazy.  He  did  not  go  northward  to 
where  she  stood.  He  called  to  her,  but  she 
heeded  him  not.  So  the  lazy  Shawondasee 
sat  and  watched  her  as  she  stood  upon  the 
prairie  in  the  summer  sunshine. 

One  morning,  when  Shawondasee  looked 
to  see  the  maiden,  he  found  her  shining 
tresses  white  as  snow.  They  blew  away  in 
the  wind  as  he  watched  her.  Then  he  knew 
it  was  not  a  maiden  that  he  had  seen.  It 
was  the  beautiful  prairie  dandelion. 


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KABIBONOKKA. 

To  Kabibonokka,  Mudjekeewis  gaye  the 
cold,  cruel  North -Wind.  So  Kabibonokka 
lives  far  away  to  northward  in  the  land  of 
the  White  Rabbit. 

Once,  Kabibonokka  came  forth  from  his 
lodge  in  the  land  of  frost  and  snow.  When 
he  blew  over  the  earth,  the  flowers  were 
killed  and  the  birds  flew  far  away  to  the 
sunny  land  of  Shawondasee.  But  Shingebis, 
the  diver,  was  not  afraid  of  Kabibonokka 
and  he  did  not  go. 

Kabibonokka  was  very  angry  when  he  saw 
that  Shingebis  was  not  afraid  of  him.  He 
went  to  his  wigwam  at  night  and  shouted 
down  the  smoke-flue.  But  Shingebis  had  a 
good  fire  and  he  did  not  fear  the  cruel 
North-Wind. 

Then  Kabibonokka  went  in  at  the  door 
and  made  the  wigwam  cold.  Still  Shingebis 
did  not  fear.  He  threw  branches  on  his 
fire  and  laughed.  The  fire  leaped  up  and 
drove  Kabibonokka  out  of  the  wigwam. 


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Then  Kabibonokka  asked  Shingebis  to 
come  out  and  wrestle  with  him,  Shingebis 
went  out  and  they  wrestled  all  night  long. 
Shingebis  beat  Kabibonokka  and  drove  him 
back  to  the  land  of  frost  and  snow. 

This  is  the  Indian  story  of  the  north- 
wind  and  the  sun.  The  Indians  called  the 
sun  Shingebis,  the  diver. 


MONDAMIN. 

Once,  in  the  Moon  of  Leaves,  Hiawatha 
fasted  in  the  forest.  He  built  him  a  wig- 
wam there,  and  fasted  for  the  good  of  all 
the  Indians.     He  wished  to  help  them. 

Hiawatha  fasted  and  walked  in  the  forest. 
He  saw  the  birds  and  beasts  and  all  things 
that  the  Great  Spirit  had  made  for  food. 
But  there  was  very  little  food  for  the  Indians 
in  the  long,  cold  winter. 

One  day,  Hiawatha  lay  in  his  wigwam  on 
a  bed  of  branches.     As  the  sun  went  down, 


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he  saw  a  youth  coming  to  the  wigwam.  This 
youth  was  very  beautiful.  His  cloak  was  a 
beautiful  green  and  his  tresses  were  soft  and 
yellow.     His  name  was  Mondamin. 

"  Rise  up  from  your  bed  of  branches  and 
wrestle  with  me,"  cried  Mondamin.  "  I  am 
the  friend  of  the  Indians  and  I  come  from 
the  Great  Spirit  to  help  you." 

So  Hiawatha  sprang  up  from  his  bed  of 
branches  and  wrestled  with  Mondamin. 
They  wrestled  till  dark  and  then  Mondamin 
went  away.  "  I  will  come  again  to  wrestle 
with  you,"  he  said  to  Hiawatha. 

Mondamin  came  every  day  at  sunset  and 
wrestled  with  Hiawatha.  One  day  he  said, 
"  When  we  wrestle  again,  you  will  kill  me. 
Then  you  must  make  me  a  bed  in  the  earth 
where  the  sun  will  shine  upon  me.  Lay  me 
in  the  earth  and  make  it  soft  and  light  above 
me.  Then  you  must  watch  beside  me  till  I 
come  again." 

It  was  as  Mondamin  said.  They  wrestled 
again  and,  all  at  once,  Hiawatha  stood  alone. 
Mondamin  lay  dead  before  him  in  his  green 


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and  yellow  cloak.    So  Hiawatha  did  all  that 
Mondamin  had  told  him  to  do. 

By  and  by,  a  green  plume  rose  from  the 
earth  where  Mondamin  lay.  Day  by  day,  it 
rose  higher  and  higher  and  threw  out  long 
leaves  of  green  that  rustled  in  the  wind.  It 
was  Mondamin,  the  Indian  corn.  It  had 
come  to  be  the  food  of  the  Indians. 


HIAWATHA'S  FRIENDS. 

Hiawatha  loved  all  the  Indians,  but  he 
had  two  friends  who  were  very  dear  to  him. 
The  name  of  one  was  Kwasind  and  the  other 
was  called  Chibiabos. 

Kwasind  was  very  strong.  He  fasted  in 
the  forest  many  days  and  the  Great  Spirit 
made  him  strong.  One  day  Kwasind's  father 
asked  him  to  go  hunting.  They  started  to 
go  through  the  forest,  but  the  pathway  was 
crowded  with  great  trees  that  lay  across  it. 
"  We  must  go  back,"  said  his  father.  But 
Kwasind    lifted  the    great  trees  from  the 


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pathway  and  threw  them  far  away  into  the 
forest.    He  was  very  strong. 

Chibiabos  was  young  and  gentle.  He  was 
a  great  singer.  When  he  sang  in  the  vil- 
lage, all  the  warriors  and  the  women  came 
to  hear  him.  When  he  sang  in  the  forest, 
all  the  beasts  crowded  round  him  and  lis- 
tened. The  birds  asked  him  to  teach  them 
the  secret  of  his  music.  He  sang  of  love 
and  sorrow,  and  all  things  listened. 

Kwasind  and  Chibiabos  loved  Hiawatha 
and  wished  to  work  with  him  for  the  good 
of  all  the  Indians.  Kwasind  cleared  the 
rivers  of  rocks  and  trees  and  made  them  run 
straight.  Chibiabos  made  flutes  from  hollow 
reeds  and  taught  the  children  how  to  make 
music  with  them. 

When  the  work  of  the  day  was  over,  the 
three  friends  sat  by  the  fire  and  talked 
together  with  naked  hearts.  The  pathway 
between  them  ran  straight. 

Hiawatha  loved  Kwasind  because  he  was 
strong,  but  he  loved  Chibiabos  because  he 
was  gentle  and  beautiful. 


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HIAWATHA'S  CANOE. 

When  Kwasind  had  cleared  the  river  of 
rocks  and  trees,  Hiawatha  built  a  canoe. 
"  I  will  make  me  a  light  canoe,"  he  said, 
"  that  shall  float  upon  the  water  like  the 
yellow  water-lily." 

So  Hiawatha  walked  into  the  forest  and 
found  a  birch-tree.  "  Give  me  your  bark,  O 
Birch-Tree  !  "  said  he,  "  that  I  may  make  me 
a  canoe.  Summer  is  coming  and  you  do  not 
need  your  bark."  The  birch-tree  gave  him 
all  its  yellow  bark. 

Then  Hiawatha  went  to  the  cedar.  "  Give 
me  your  strong  boughs,  0  Cedar !  "  said  he, 
"  so  I  can  make  a  strong  and  light  canoe." 
The  cedar  gave  him  its  strong  boughs.  He 
bent  the  strong  boughs  like  two  bows  and 
fastened  them  together. 

Then  Hiawatha  went  to  the  larch-tree. 
"Give  me  your  roots,  O  Larch-Tree !  "  said 
he,  "  that  I  may  fasten  my  canoe  together 
and  make  it  very  strong."  The  larch-tree 
gave  him  all  its  roots.    Then  he  bent  the 


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bark  of  the  birch-tree  over  the  boughs  of 
cedar  and  fastened  them  together  with  the 
tough  roots  of  the  larch-tree. 

Then  Hiawatha  said,  "  I  must  have  resin 
to  close  the  seams  of  the  canoe  and  keep 
out  the  water."  He  went  to  the  fir-tree 
and  cried,  "  O  Fir-Tree !  give  me  resin  to 
close  the  seams  of  my  canoe  and  keep  the 
water  out."  The  fir-tree  gave  him  resin, 
and  with  it  he  fastened  all  the  seams  of  the 
canoe. 

Then  Hiawatha  found  a  hedgehog  asleep 
in  a  hollow  tree.  "  Give  me  of  your  quills, 
O  Hedgehog !  "  said  he,  "  that  I  may  make 
my  canoe  beautiful."  The  hedgehog  gave 
him  all  its  shining  quills.  Hiawatha  colored 
them  red  and  blue  and  yellow  and  made  two 
stars  and  a  girdle  for  the  canoe. 

So  the  canoe  was  built.  All  the  magic  of 
the  forest  was  in  it.  It  was  light  as  the  bark 
of  the  birch-tree,  strong  as  the  boughs  of  the 
cedar  and  tough  as  the  roots  of  the  larch- 
tree.  And  it  floated  on  the  water  like  a 
yellow  water-lily. 


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THE   HUNTING   OF   THE   DEER.* 

11  Will  you  make  a  bow  and  arrows  for 
me,  Iagoo  ?  " 

"  I  have  made  a  bow  of  ash  and  arrows  of 
the  oak-tree  for  you,  my  little  Hiawatha. 
Here  they  are.  Now  you  can  go  into  the 
forest  and  hunt." 

"  I  shall  go  into  the  forest  where  all 
the  birds  and  beasts,  my  chickens  and  my 
brothers  are,  but  I  shall  not  hunt  them.  I 
shall  hunt  the  red  deer." 

"  We  are  the  robins.  Our  little  friend  is 
coming.  He  has  his  bow  and  arrows  with 
him.    Do  not  shoot  us,  Hiawatha  !  " 

"  Here  comes  the  little  Hiawatha.  See 
his  arrows  !  O  Hiawatha,  do  not  shoot  us  ! 
We  are  your  chickens,  the  bluebirds." 

4 *  What  are  you  hunting,  little. brother  ? 
I  do  not  fear  you.  I  am  Adjidaumo,  the 
squirrel.     Shoot  me  not,  O  Hiawatha  !  " 

"  I  am  Wabasso,  the  timid  white  rabbit. 


*  For  dramatization.     Assign  the  characters  to  the  children  and 
let  them  act  the  story  as  they  tell  it. 


139 

Do  not  shoot  me,  Hiawatha  !    I  am  Wabasso, 
your  little  friend  and  brother." 

"  My  chickens  and  my  brothers  call  me, 
but  I  do  not  heed  them.  All  my  thoughts 
are  with  the  red  deer.  I  will  wait  here  in 
the  bushes  till  the  roebuck  comes  down  to 
the  river.  ...  Ah !  I  see  two  antlers 
lifted  from  the  thicket !  Now  the  roebuck 
comes  down  the  pathway  to  the  ford  !  How 
my  heart  beats  as  I  aim  my  arrow !  Ah ! 
the  fatal  arrow  has  stung  him !  .  .  .  The 
famous  roebuck  is  dead.  I  have  killed  the 
deer  with  antlers.  I  will  bear  him  home- 
ward." 

"  Hiawatha  has  killed  a  deer,  Iagoo." 
"  I  killed  it  by  the  ford,  Iagoo." 
"  Ugh  !  so  you  found  the  famous  roebuck  ? 
You  are  a  great  hunter,  my  son." 

"  We  will  make  a  banquet  in  his  honor, 
Iagoo.     Call  the  warriors  and  the  women." 
"  Ugh !  we  will  have  a  great  feast.    All  the 
village  will  come  and  do  him  honor." 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  TEACHERS 

The  Hiawatha  Primer  is  designed  to  be  the  child's  first  book  in  read- 
ing, and  will  be  found  entirely  practical  for  such  use.  Its  contents  have 
been  thoroughly  tested  in  actual  class-room  work,  and  it  has  been  care- 
fully graded  to  minimize  the  difficulties  of  the  first  steps  in  reading. 

The  child's  interest  in  his  reading  being  vital  to  his  progress,  all  drill 
exercises,  lists  of  words  and  other  extraneous  matter  have  been  excluded 
from  the  reading  text.  Such  phonic,  word  and  sentence  drills  as  the  judg- 
ment of  the  teacher  prescribes  may  properly  be  presented  on  the  black- 
board where  they  will  not  distract  the  eye  and  attention  of  the  child  when 
he  is  attempting  to  read.  This  method  of  presenting  drill  work  also  allows 
full  flexibility  of  adjustment  to  the  individuality  of  the  teacher  and  the 
needs  of  particular  children. 

The  sentence  method  has  been  selected  as  the  most  desirable  for  the 
initial  exercises  in  the  recognition  and  discrimination  of  printed  forms. 
These  initial  sentences  will  at  first  be  recognized  and  discriminated  by  the 
child  as  wholes  only,  and  the  considerable  number  of  separate  words  which 
they  contain  will  diminish  rather  than  increase  the  difficulty  of  discriminat- 
ing between  them.  In  succeeding  exercises,  the  clauses  and  phrase  forms 
of  which  these  sentences  are  composed  are  presented  in  varying  relations, 
and,  finally,  the  separate  words  through  repetition  in  differing  context  will 
be  readily  recognized. 

The  mental  content  of  word  forms  is  largely  dependent  on  their  context, 
and  the  child  will  master  new  word  forms  much  more  easily  if  they  are 
presented  to  him  in  their  natural  thought-relations.  All  detached  lists  of 
unrelated  words  have  therefore  been  excluded  from  the  reading  pages,  the 
new  words  being  presented  only  in  a  definite  context.  If  the  blackboard 
is  used  for  drill  in  sight  recognition  and  pronunciation  of  new  words,  this 
drill  should  follow  and  not  precede  their  first  presentation  in  the  reading 
text. 

Preparation  for  the  reading  should  include  oral  language  work  based  on 
conversation  about  the  subject  of  the  reading  exercises.  The  story  of  the 
section  of  the  book  under  consideration  should  also  be  told  in  condensed 


II 

form  by  the  teacher  and  reproduced  in  substance  by  the  children.  This 
language  story  should  employ  all  words  used  in  the  reading  section  that 
are  not  already  in  the  child's  oral  vocabulary  (if  there  are  any  such),  and 
the  meaning  of  these  words  should  be  made  clear  by  explanation  and  illus- 
tration, if  necessary. 

The  reading  of  the  first  lessons  in  the  book  may  well  be  supplemented, 
or  even  preceded,  by  presentation  of  the  same  sentences,  in  varying  order, 
on  the  blackboard.  This  blackboard  work  will  economize  time  by  enabling 
the  teacher  to  hold  the  attention  of  the  class  as  a  whole ;  it  will  also  give 
variety  to  the  necessary  repetition.  The  first  step  in  reading  consists  in 
discriminating  between  two  printed,  or  written,  forms  whose  oral  equiva- 
lents have  been  given  by  the  teacher,  and  care  should  be  had  that  the 
child  does  not  recognize  these  symbols  by  their  position  on  the  blackboard 
rather  than  by  their  form. 

Script  has  been  freely  employed  in  the  beginning  exercises  to  give  vari- 
ety to  the  necessary  review  work  and  to  facilitate  the  use  of  the  black- 
board in  connection  with  the  book.  The  later  script  exercises  are  designed 
to  furnish  continued  drill  for  script  reading,  and  the  detached  script  words, 
phrases,  and  sentences  may  be  employed  as  copies  for  the  child's  writing 
exercises. 

The  illustrations  throughout  the  book  may  be  used  as  the  basis  for  the 
child's  work  in  drawing.  The  idea  embodied  in  these  should  be  repro- 
duced in  substance  on  blackboard  and  paper  by  the  child,  but  he  should 
not  be  allowed  to  attempt  copying  them  in  detail  with  the  book  in  hand. 
The  silhouette  illustrations  may  be  used  as  models  for  paper  cutting  and 
brush  drawing. 

To  secure  flexibility  of  expression,  emphasis  and  inflection,  the  dramatic, 
or  dialogue,  form  has  been  used  for  many  of  the  reading  exercises,  and 
sentences  of  varying  length  and  structure  have  been  freely  employed 
throughout  the  book. 

The  vocabulary  on  the  following  pages  has  been  arranged  for  the  con- 
venience of  the  teacher.  It  contains  a  complete  list  of  the  words  employed 
in  the  reading  text.  Words  inflected  by  adding  s  only  are  given  but  the 
one  form  in  the  vocabulary. 

Before  taking  up  the  Appendix  the  class  should  read  the  excerpts  from 
Longfellow's  Hiawatha  on  pages  14,  28,  40,  52,  64,  74,  80, 88, 96, 102,  108, 
114,  120,  126  as  one  continued  poem,  and  should  memorize  them. 


Ill 


VOCABULARY  OF  THE  HIAWATHA  PRIMER. 


Note.  —  All  pages  and  lessons  that  do  not  contain  new  words  are 
omitted  from  this  list. 

The  Diacritical  Marks  given  are  those  found  in  the  latest  edition  of 
Webster's  International  Dictionary. 


Page  1 

behind 

Page  18 

Hiawatha 

rose 

safely 

(he-a-wa'-tha) 

forest 

bound 

was 

sunny 

sinews 

an 

clear 

reindeer 

Indian 

shining 

Page  19 

boy 

Page  8  (A) 

fretful 

Nokomis 

little 

stilled 

(No-ko'-mis) 

Page  9 

wail 

his 

pine-trees 

saying 

grandmother 

firs 

hush 

Page  2 

gloomy 

Page  20 

lived 

were 

he 

with 

black 

bear 

in 

Page  10 

will 

a 

had 

hear 

wigwam 

cones 

thee 

PageS 

them 

naked 

the 

Page  15 

Page  21 

stood 

old 

singing 

by 

wrinkled 

said 

water 

she 

called 

it 

nursed 

lulled 

Big-Sea-Water 

cradle 

into 

Page  4 

rocked 

slumber 

and 

him 

Page  2  If 

Page  5 

there 

owlet 

shore 

Page  16 

my 

of 

made 

ewa-yea 

Gitche  Gumee 

linden 

(e-wa-yea^ 

(GnV-che  Gu'-mee)     tree 

Page  25  (A) 

before 

Page  17 

great 

beat 

bedded 

eyes 

bright 

soft 

who 

upon 

moss 

lights 

Page  7 

rushes 

Page  25  (B) 

dark 

that 

IV 


this 

straight 

brakes 

is 

across 

bushes 

Page  30 

Page  37  (B) 

Page  46  (A) 

stars 

pathway 

twinkle 

taught 

ghosts 

its 

many 

shadows 

candle 

things 

crowded 

lighting 

showed 

or 

up 

heaven 

Page  41 

Page  46 (B) 

shine 

sat 

sang 

Page  31 

music 

song 

Ishkoodah 

Page  Jfi.  (A) 

children 

(Ish-koo-dah') 

at 

white-fire 

comet 

door 

creature 

tresses 

her 

Page  48 

fiery 

Page  42  (B) 

bed 

saw 

heard 

lay 

Page  33 

whispering 

me 

winter 

minne-wawa 

your 

nights 

(min-ne-wa'-wa) 

ere 

frosty 

sounds 

sleep 

northern 

Page  42  (O) 

close  (v.) 

are 

lapping 

eyelids 

they 

mudway-aushka 

Page  49 

see 

(mud-way-aush'-ka)     insect 

Page  34 

words 

dancing 

far 

wonder 

Page  54  (A) 

away 

Page  43 

moon 

to 

on 

rise 

northward 

summer 

from 

flaring 

evenings 

moonlight 

Page  35 

starlight 

path 

warriors 

Page  44 

rippling 

their 

loved 

Page  54  (B) 

plumes 

what 

round 

war-clubs 

I 

whispered 

Death-dance 

Page  45 

very 

spirits 

fire-fly 

good 

Page  37  (A) 

Wah-wah-taysee 

answered 

broad 

(  Wah-wah-tily  '-see 

)     question 

road 

dusk 

Page  55 

white 

flitting 

beautiful 

running 

through 

rounding 

ripples 

when 

Page  81 

Page  56 

fade 

THE  BIRDS 

once 

earth 

walked 

twinkling 

do 

birds 

rising 

perish 

flying 

Page  57 

blossom 

as 

has 

Page  68 

flew 

flecks 

rain 

% 

how 

Page  69 

Page  82 

Page  58 

day 

HIAWATHA    AND 

told 

wild-flowers 

THE  BIRDS 

body 

but 

watched 

woman 

Page  70  {A) 

learned 

asked 

bow 

then 

story 

above 

talked 

about 

us 

secrets 

Page  59 

Page  71 

nests 

angry 

lilies 

where 

seized 

prairie 

built 

threw 

can 

Page  83 

sky 

love 

THE  NESTS 

midnight 

dear 

names 

right 

Page  75 

every 

against 

owl 

whenever 

you 

hooting 

met 

Page  60  (A) 

asleep 

twigs 

stories 

cried 

hid 

Page  66 

terror 

Page  84 

rainbow 

laughing 

THE  BIRD  SONGS 

eastern 

Page  76 

came 

sun 

THE  OWL  AND 

Page  85 

western 

OWLET 

THE  MORNING 

not 

live 

morning 

seen 

have 

awoke 

Page  67  (A) 

talking 

Page  86 

been 

each 

hiawatha's 

raining 

other 

CHICKENS 

all 

native 

chickens 

colors 

language 

themselves 

one 

scolding 

knew 

foot 

Page  77 

Page  89 

Page  67  (B) 

laughed 

THE  BEAVER 

flowers 

afraid 

beaver 

VI 


lodges 

talker 

herd 

river 

boaster 

Page  103 

dam 

Page  98 

IN  THE  FOREST 

work 

THE  MAKING  OF 

forth 

Page  90 

THE  BOW 

alone 

THE  SQUIRREL 

hunter 

proudly 

squirrel 

make 

straightway 

down 

for 

among 

Adjidaumo 

branch 

branches 

(Ad-jl-dau'-mo) 

ash 

Page  104 

leaves 

together 

WHAT  THE  BIRDS 

Page  91 

cord 

SANG 

ADJIDAUMO  AND 

deer-skin 

over 

THE  ACORNS 

gave 

shoot 

did 

fastened 

bluebird 

hollow 

Page  99 

am 

acorns 

THE  MAKING  OF 

Owaissa 

why 

THE  ARROWS 

(O-wais'-sa) 

so 

must 

robin 

Page  92 

arrows 

bough 

THE  RABBIT 

found 

Opechee 

rabbit 

oak-tree 

(O-pe'-chee) 

timid 

oak-bough 

Page  105 

Page  98 

be 

WHAT  THE  SQUIR- 

THE REINDEER 

winged 

REL  SAID 

swiftly 

feathers 

sprang 

antlers 

tipped 

close  (adv.) 

Page  94 

flint 

beside 

hiawatha's 

quiver 

out 

BROTHERS 

Page  100 

chattered 

beasts 

IAGOO,  NOKOMIS 

coughed 

friends 

AND  HIAWATHA 

between 

brothers 

g° 

Page  106 

went 

kill 

WHAT  THE  RABBIT 

we 

famous 

SAID 

glad 

roebuck 

leaped 

Page  97 

deer 

aside 

IAGOO 

making 

distance 

Iagoo 

Page  101 

erect 

(e-a'-goo) 

what  iagoo  said     haunches 

marvellous 

TO  HIAWATHA 

half 

traveller 

son 

fear 

story-teller 

red 

frolic 

VII 


Page  109 

Page  112(B) 

Page  121       ' 

hiawatha's 

fluttered 

THE  HOME-COMING 

hunting 

like 

AND  THE  FEAST 

heeded 

Page  115 

throbbed 

nor 

THE  SHOOTING 

of      exulted 

thoughts 

THE  DEER 

bore 

tracks 

knee 

homeward 

leading 

uprising 

Page  122 

downward 

aimed 

ugh 

Page  110 

no 

come 

ford 

moved 

our 

alder-bushes 

motion 

Page  123 

hidden 

scarce 

hailed 

waited 

stirred 

applauses 

till 

rustled 

praised 

coming 

Page  116 

cloak 

trembled 

wary 

hide 

wind 

started 

flesh 

birch-leaf 

if 

banquet 

palpitated 

listened 

feast 

heart 

uplifted 

honor 

within 

find 

village 

Page  112  (A) 

stamped 

women 

two 

hoofs 

guests 

lifted 

looked 

Page  121^ 

thicket 

Page  117 

feasted 

look 

fatal 

Strong-Heart 

nostrils 

buzzed 

Soan-ge-taha 

point 

stung 

(son-ge-ta'-lni) 

windward 

wasp 

Loon-Heart 

still 

longer 

Mahn-go-taysee 

ah 

Page  118 

(Mahn  -go  -  tay' 

flecked 

dead 

see) 

leafy 

killed 

VOCABULARY   OF  THE 

APPENDIX. 

Page  127 

girdle 

struck 

MUDJEKEEWIS 

wampum 

coward 

Mudjekeewis 

softly 

shall 

(Mud-je-kee-'wis)      drew 

ruler 

mountains 

ears 

Kabeyun 

magic 

war-cry 

(Ka'-be-yun) 

VIII 


West-Wind 

Shingebis 

flutes 

Page  128 

(Shln'-ge-bis) 

reeds 

WABUN 

diver 

because 

three 

smoke-flue 

Page  186 

Wabun 

fire 

hiawatha's 

(Wa'-bun) 

drove 

canoe 

young 

wrestle 

canoe 

East-Wind 

wrestled 

float 

lonely 

long 

water-lily 

sad 

back 

birch-tree 

maiden 

Page  182 

give 

standing 

MONDAMIN 

bark 

blue 

fasted 

0 

walk 

wished 

need 

help 

food 

cedar 

Page  129 

youth 

bent 

SHAWONDASEE 

yellow 

larch-tree 

Shawondasee 

Mondamin 

roots 

(Shaw-Sn-da'-see)       (MSn-da'-min) 

fasten 

fat" 

against 

tough 

lazy 

sunset 

resin 

gentle 

watch 

seams 

South-Wind 

higher 

keep 

blew 

corn 

hedgehog 

sorrow 

Page  184 

quills 

green 

hiawatha's 

colored 

sunshine 

friends 

floated 

snow 

Kwasind 

Page  188 

dandelion 

(Kwa'-sind) 

THE  HUNTING 

Page  181 

Chibiabos 

here 

KABIBONOKKA 

(€hlb-i-a'-bos) 

now 

Kabibonokka 

strong 

Wabasso 

(Ka-blb-o-nok'- 

ka)     father 

(Wa-bas'-so) 

cold 

singer 

call 

cruel 

teach 

heed 

North-Wind 

cleared 

wait 

loud 

rocks 

frost 

run 

Cii ah. ik  House,  Cambridge, 
November  12, 1897. 
Messrs.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co. 

Dear  Sirs :  The  pronunciation  used  by  my  father  was  '•  He-awa-tha,"  the  accent  on 
the  first  syllable  being  slighter  than  on  the  "  wa,"  the  "a"  sounded  like  "a"  in 
M  mar,"  not  M  war,"  as  sometimes  used. 
I  should  be  glad  to  have  this  impressed  on  the  public. 

Tours  sincerely,  Alice  M.  Longfellow. 


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